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♪

>>> HELLO FROM HOLLYWOOD.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE SHOT OF

THE MOST FAMOUS ARRIVALS CARPET
IN THE WORLD, AND IN JUST A FEW

HOURS, THE BIGGEST STARS ON THE
PLANET WILL BE HERE ALL DRESSED

TO IMPRESS AND CELEBRATE THE
BEST IN MFILM.

>> IT IS OSCAR SUNDAY, AS WE
COUNT DOWN TO THE 95th ANNUAL

ACADEMY AWARDS.

>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
RIGHT NOW, OSCAR SUNDAY HAS

ARRIVED.
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN

HOLLYWOOD, AND THE STARS ARE
ALMOST HERE.

YOUR FAVORITES ARE BACK.

>> YOU GUYS! OH, MY GOSH.

>> AND SO IS THE MOST FAMOUS RED
CARPET IN THE WORLD.

⎣> LOOK AT ME NOW. I DID IT.

>> IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE
BIGGEST MOVIE STARS ON THE

PLANET WILL BE HERE TO CELEBRATE
THE BEST IN FILM.

>> I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, I
COULD CRY.

>> WHO WILL TAKE HOME OSCAR
GOLD?

>> WHAT IS THIS?

>> AND WHAT WILL SURPRISE THOSE
WATCHING AROUND THE GLOBE?

>> THAT WAS A -- THE GREATEST
NIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF

TELEVISION.

>> JIMMY KIMMEL IS BACK.

>> I HAVE A STOPWATCH.
THE MOMENT YOU ARE HANDED THAT

OSCAR, THE CLOCK WILL START
TICKING.

SO GET UP HERE, GRAB IT, AND GO.

>> WE ARE BRINGING YOU
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO

GET READY FOR THE BIG SHOW.
INTERVIEWS WITH TONIGHT'S BIG

NOMINEES.

>> OKAY, IS THIS YOUR GO-TO
FIRST QUESTION?

>> HERE WE ARE.

>> I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M AN OSCAR
NOMINATED ACTOR.

>> PLUS, WE OPEN THE VAULT TO

BRING YOU THE RARELY SEEN EARLY

PERFORMANCES, AND THE LOOKS THAT
WILL DAZZLE, AS HOLLYWOOD SHINES

FOR THE CAMERAS.
THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN

TO THE 95th OSCARS.
AND IT BEGINS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT

HERE ON ABC.
HERE NOW, LINSEY DAVIS AND WHIT

JOHNSON.

♪

>>> AND GREETINGS FROM THE DOLBY
THEATRE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD.

IT MAY SOUND A LITTLE CLICHE,
BUT I THINK IT'S TRUE, THAT YOU

CAN JUST FEEL THE EXCITEMENT AND
ANTICIPATION GROWING ALREADY,

LEADING UP TO TONIGHT'S
FESTIVITIES.

>> THERE'S A BUZZ IN THE AIR,
THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING, PEOPLE

ARE COMING THROUGH.
AND BY TONIGHT, ACTUALLY, WE

MEAN THIS AFTERNOON HERE IN LOS
ANGELES, THE NOMINEES,

PRESENTERS, AND THEIR GUESTS
WILL MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THIS

STORIED CARPET STARTING AROUND
2:00 P. M. LOCAL TIME.

MOTHER NATURE SO FAR APPEARS TO
BE COOPERATING.

WE HAVE THE UNUSUALLY RAINY,
COLD TEMPERATURES IN CALIFORNIA.

THE RECENT SNOWFALL JUST A FEW
MILES HERE.

THE ACADEMY WAS PREPARED FOR
SOMETHING, WITH A COVERED

CARPETS ARRIVAL.
BUT TODAY IT'S DRY WITH

TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s.
THE STARS WILL BE SHINING BRIGHT

AND WILL BE COMFORTABLE AS THEY
MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OF THEIR CARS

AND DOWN THIS CARPET.

>> THE STARS CERTAINLY ALIGNED
WEATHER-WISE AT LEAST.

WE SHOULD TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THAT FAMOUS CARPET, USUALLY A

RED CARPET FIGURATIVELY,
LITERALLY. BUT NOT THIS YEARS.

FOR WEEK THERE'S BEEN A
SPECULATION THAT THE ACADEMY

WOULD MAKE A CHANGE OF COLOR,
AND THIS YEAR IT'S BEEN REPLACED

BY A CHAMPAGNE CARPET.
THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1961 THAT

THE CARP ED IS NOT RED.
THE CADNY SAYS THE LIGHTER COLOR

CARPET WAS WARRANTED BECAUSE OF
THE DRAPING OVERHEAD.

MANY PEOPLE WILL STILL REFER TO
IT AS THE "RED CARPET."

>> A LOT OF DEBATES OVER THE

COLOR, BEIGE, CHAMPAGNE.

THERE'S NO EATING ON THE CARPET,
BUT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

BUT RED CARPET IS A STATE OF
MIND. WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.

WE ARE IN THE RIGHT STATE OF
MIND TODAY TO BRING YOU OUR

SPECIAL COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
SEE ALL THE NOMINATED FILMS OR

PERFORMANCES, WE'LL BRING YOU UP
TO SPEED.

OUR OSCARS EXPERTS ARE HERE TO
HANDICAP ALL THE RACES.

CHRIS AND KELLY HAVE BEEN
WORKING HARD TO UNCOVER WHAT'S

GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES,
INSIDE THE THEATER AND WITH THE

ACADEMY.
AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE NOMINEES

COMING UP.
OF COURSE, THOSE OSCAR FASHIONS.

SO GRAB A SNACK, MAYBE A DRINK,
AND GRAB THAT OSCAR SCOREBOARD,

BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING
STARTED TODAY.

>> A LITTLE COCKTAIL OR
SOMETHING.

>> THAT'S OKAY.

>> WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH
DETAILS ABOUT TONIGHT'S BROAD

CAST. INSIDE TONIGHT, OSCARS AND
PRODUCERS ARE STILL REHEARSING.

THE ACADEMY DID RELEASE A FEW
PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY'S

REHEARSALS.
FORMER NOMINEE KATE HUDSON

PRACTICED HANDING OUT AN OSCAR

STA STATUETTE.
AND HUGH GRANT AND ANDY McDOWELL

CO-STARS IN "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A
FUNERAL" THEY WILL REUNITE

TONIGHT.
AND WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT

YOU CAN EXPECT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> I'M EXCITED.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE OSCARS

BEFORE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE, AND

THE WAY YOU PEOPLE GO THROUGH
HOSTS, IT'S PROBABLY MY LAST

TIME.
SO I'M GOING TO ENJOY THIS WHILE

I'M HERE.

>> HE DEFINITELY SPOKE TOO SOON,
BECAUSE TONIGHT, JIMMY KIMMEL

WILL RETURN FOR A THIRD TIME TO
HOST THE 95th ACADEMY AWARDS.

>> ABC HAS TASKED US WITH
FINDING A MOST WHO IS

UNFLAPPABLE AND UNSLAPABLE.

>> THAT'S GOOD.
I CAN'T GET SLAPPED. I CRY A LOT.

>> WHILE HE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO
TO CATCH UP WITH BOB HOPE'S

RECORD OF HOSTING THE OSCARS, 19

TIMES, HE WILL BE A 3-PEATER.

WITH HIS RETURN, THE ACADEMY
HOPES TO RECAPTURE THE GLORY

DAYS WHEN MORE THAN 30 MILLION
VIEWERS TUNED IN TO WATCH

HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT, A
STEEP CLIMB FROM THE 2021 YEAR

OF 10.5 MILLION.
NAVIGATING THE UNEXPECTED GOES

HAND IN GLOVE WITH HOSTING
DUTIES.

LIKE THE BEST PICTURE MIXUP IN
2017.

>> THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
"MOONLIGHT" HAS WON BEST PICTURE.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS AT THE

OSCAR, FROM THIS CELEBRATION TO
GENERAL FUR LAWRENCE TRIPPING ON

HER WAY UP TO ACCEPT AN AWARD.

>> YOU GUYS ARE STANDING UP
BECAUSE YOU FEEL BAD I FELL.

>> BUT PERHAPS NONE MORE
SHOCKING THAN 2022.

>> I'M OUT HERE --

[ LAUGHTER ]

OH, WOW! WOW!

>> AFTER THE CAMERAS STOPPED
ROLLING ON THE 94th OSCARS,

EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
SLAP.

EVEN AFTER WILL SMITH RESIGNED
FROM THE ACADEMY AND ISSUED AN

APOLOGY.

>> CHRIS, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU.

>> THE ACADEMY RELEASED A
DECISION, STATING THE BOARD HAS

DECIDED, FOR A PERIOD OF TEN
YEARS, FROM APRIL 8, 2022, MR.

SMITH SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO
ATTEND ANY ACADEMY EVENTS OR

PROGRAMS.

>> THE CAVEAT IS HE STILL CAN BE
NOMINATED AND WIN FOR A FILM

THAT HE'S NOMINATED FOR.
HE JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO

ATTEND THE CEREMONY ITSELF.

>> BUT THE REPERCUSSIONS ARE
STILL REVERBERATING ONE YEAR

LATER. WHILE SMITH'S LATEST MOVIE
"EMANCIPATION" WAS TOUTED BY

SOMEONE AS AN AWARDS CONTENDER,
IT DIDN'T RECEIVE A SINGLE

NOMINATION.
IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST ACTOR,

IT'S HARD TO RECALL A MORE
CONTESTED RACE IN THE LAST TWO

DECADES.
AUSTIN BUTLER AND BRENDAN FRASER

ARE DRUMMING UP A STORM OF
PREDICTIONS.

IT'S THE HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB
WHO CAME OUT ON TOP OF THE

GLOBES VERSUS THE HOLLYWOOD
COMEBACK FROM SNAG THE SAG.

WHICH FILM IS THE FAVORITE WIN
TONIGHT'S PRIZE?

THERE IS THE COMEDY DRAMA
NOMINATED FOR 11 ACADEMY AWARDS

TONIGHT.
EVEN WITH A LOT OF MOMENTUM

BEHIND THE FILM, IT WILL COMPETE
WITH A LARGE GROUP OF OTHER

CROWD PLEASERS.
IN AN EFFORT TO ALLOW A MORE

DIVERSE GROUP OF CONTENDERS, THE
ACADEMY REQUIRED TEN BEST

PICTURE NOMINEES.
TWO HEAVY HITTER SEQUELS THAT

HAD FANS FLOCKING TO THE AWARD.
"TOP GUN: MAVERICK," WHICH RAKED

IN $1.4 BILLION AT THE BOX
OFFICE.

AND JAMES CAMERON'S
MUCH-ANTICIPATED "AVATAR: THE

WAY OF WATER," WHICH BROUGHT IN
$2.3 BILLION WORLDWIDE.

BUT BOX OFFICE EARNINGS DON'T
ALWAYS EQUATE TO AN OSCAR WIN.

THERE ARE STORIES LIKE "TAR," A
STORY ABOUT CANCEL CULTURE.

"WOMEN TALKING," A LOOK AT A -R.

>> WE CANNOT FORGIVE BECAUSE WE
ARE FORCED TO.

>> "THE FABELMANS" BASED ON THE
REAL-LIFE STORY OF STEVEN

SPIELBERG.
"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT

ONCE" NABBED FOUR ACTING
NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING THE BEST

SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR JAMIE LEE
CURTIS, HER FIRST OSCAR

NOMINATION EVER.

>> DID YOU SEE THESE?

YOU DON'T GET ONE OF THESE
UNLESS YOU SEE A LOT OF BULL

[ MUTED ], EXCUSE MY FRENCH.

>> AND RIHANNA IS SET TO TAKE
THE OSCARS BY HOME TONIGHT.

♪

AND "NAATU NAATU" FROM THE MOVIE
"RRR."

WILL WE SEE THOSE HIGH ENERGY
DANCE MOVES WE HAVE COME TO

LOVE?
JOINING US NOW AS THEY DO EVERY

YEAR WITH MORE INSIGHTS INTO
THIS EVENING'S BIG SHOWS, CHRIS

CONLEY AND KELLY CARTER.
LOOKING SO DASHING AND STUNNING

TONIGHT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.

>> LOOK AT YOU GUYS.

>> SO OF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE
STILL TALKING ABOUT THE SLAP.

WE HEARD ABOUT -- FORGET ABOUT
JIMMY KIMMEL IS UNSLAPABLE.

HE JOKED THE REASON THE ACADEMY

DIDN'T NEED RED CARPET TONIGHT
IS NOBODY WILL GET SLAPPED.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
ACADEMY FEELS THAT THE FOLKS IN

THE FIRST 15 ROWS NOT FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE GOING TO BE A TARGET FOR

COMEDY.
LOOK FOR A FUN AND FUNNY NIGHT.

>> THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO
ADDRESS IT, BUT THEY DON'T WANT

IT TO BE THE FOCUS.
THE MOVIES, OF COURSE.

KELLY, THIS IS A MILESTONE YEAR
FOR NOMINEES, OLDER THAN 60.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THEM AND
SAY ABOUT THE FUTURE?

>> IT SAYS A LOT.
EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT ANGELA

BASSETT, JAMIE LEE CURTIS,

MICHELLE YEOH.
THESE WOMEN ARE INCREDIBLE,

THEY'RE KILLING IT, AND THEY'RE
OSCAR NOMINEES TONIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT BEST
ORIGINAL SONG.

PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE BATTLE
OF THE DIVAS BETWEEN RIHANNA AND

LADY GAGA.
ONLY ONE WILL PERFORM TONIGHT.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?

>> WE'LL SEE.
I THINK "NAATU NAATU" IS THE

THING EVERYBODY IS DATING TO
SEE, NOT JUST THE SONG, BUT THE

PERFORMANCE.
BUT RIHANNA UP ON STAGE, SING

THING POWERFUL SONG FROM "BLACK
PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER," WHICH

HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE
DOLBY THEATRE.

>> CHRIS IS POINTING OUT THAT HE
DOES HAVE HIS SUSPENDERS ON

TODAY, SO HE'S READY FOR THE
"NAATU NAATU" DANCE.

>> I GOT MY HOOK STEP GOING.

>> HE'S BEEN PRACTICING.

>> MY WIFE TOLD ME NOT TO NOT TO
DANCE ON THE SHOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW
HER LEAD ON THAT.

WE'LL TALK TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE
COURSE OF THE BROAD CAST HERE,

THE NEXT THREE HOURS, OF COURSE.
COMING UP, SO MUCH MORE.

INTERVIEWS WITH ANGELA BASSETT,
AND YOUNG ACTING PHENOM AUSTIN

BUTLER.
AND WHAT WOULD THE OSCARS BE

WITHOUT A REVIEW OF THE GREAT
FASHION THAT WE'LL SEE.

>> A QUESTION FOR YOU AS WE GO
TO BREAK.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO WE ARE
ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HERE.

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE BEST

ACTRESS NOMINEE FEATURED IN THIS
ROLE?

EVERYONE HAS TO START SOMEWHERE.
THE ANSWER WHEN WE RETURN.

STAY WITH US.

>>> I WOULD LOVE TO THANK MY
MOTHER FORGIVING ME NOT JUST

STORIED INSPIRATION FOR MY
FILMS, BUT ALSO JUST IMBUING ME

WITH THIS SENSE OF CONFIDENCE
AND BELIEF IN MYSELF EVER SINCE

I WAS LITTLE.

♪

>>> WELCOME BACK.
SHE THANKED HER MOM, BUT I KNOW

SHE'S THANKFUL TO BE HERE
TONIGHT.

IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THOSE

NOMINEES WILL WALK IN FRONT OF
THE CAMERAS.

>> AND WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
I'M LINSEY DAVIS WITH MY ABC

NEWS COLLEAGUE MY WHIT JOHNSON
HERE AT THE DOLBY THEATRE IN

HOLLYWOOD, COUNTING DOWN TO
TONIGHT'S BIG AWARD CEREMONY.

WE WANT TO TURN TO SOMETHING
THAT'S BECOME A TRADITION FOR

US.PEVERY YEAR, WHIT, I KNOW YO
BEEN DIGGING INTO THE CRATES FOR

THIS.

>> A LOT OF RESEARCH.
WE PUT OUR INVESTIGATIVE

DEPARTMENT ON THIS AND DIGGING
IN LONG BEFORE TONIGHT'S

NOMINATED ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
WERE READY FOR THEIR MOMENT IN

THE SPOTLIGHT.
THEY WERE ASPIRING ARTISTS

LOOKING FOR A BIG BREAK, AND
SOME GET THAT BREAK IN SMALL TV

ROLES OR TELEVISION COMMERCIALS.
WHILE THEY LIKE TO SOMETIMES

FORGET THEM, WE LOVE THEM.
WE WANT TO SHOWCASE THEM FOR YOU

AT HOME.
SO HERE NOW TO START IT OUT IS A

LOOK BACK AT BEST ACTRESS
CONTENDERS LONG BEFORE THEY WERE

OSCAR NOMINEES.
MICHELLE YEOH, NOMINATED FOR

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE."

>> SHE TURNED OUT TO BE
STUBBORN, DANGEROUS, A MESS.

JUST LIKE HER MOTHER.

>> I CAN'T SEE! HOLD ON.

>> YOU MAY REMEMBER HER AS A
BOND GIRL IN "TOMORROW NEVER

DIES" IN 1997 WITH PIERCE
BROSNAN.

>> DON'T GET ANY IDEAS.

>> HER FIRST ON SCREEN ROLL, A
WATCH COMMERCIAL WITH JACKIE

CHAN, WHICH LED TO DECADES OF
WORK IN MARTIAL ARTS ACTION

FILMS.

BUT HER FIRST STAGE WORK,
REPRESENTING MALAYSIA AT THE

MISS WORLD BEAUTY PADGETT IN
1983.

>> I'M A GRADUATE AND I COME
FROM MALAYSIA.

>> MICHELLE WILLIAMS IS
NOMINATED FOR HER ROLE AS A MOM

IN "THE FABELMANS."

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH
I LOVE YOU?

♪

>> SHE WAS A STAR THE MOMENT SHE
DEBUTED IN "DAWSON'S CREEK" AS A

17-YEAR-OLD IN 1998.

>> YOU'RE DAWSON.
YEAH, I KNOW. WE MET BEFORE.

I'M JEN.

>> ON "STEP BY STEP" --

>> PERHAPS YOU NOTICED ME AROUND
CAMPUS?

>> YEAH, YOU'RE THE KID
EVERYBODY IS STICKING IN THE

TOILET.

>> AND ON "BAY WATCH" IN 1993,
HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON

TELEVISION.

>> I'M HAVING A PARTY FRIDAY
NIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO COME?

>> YEAH, SURE.

>> GREAT.
WE'LL MAKE IT A BEACH PARTY.

>> ANA de ARMAS STUNS AS MARILYN
MONROE IN "BLONDE."

♪

>> SURVIVES THE FAMILY IN
"KNIVES OUT."

>> YOU'VE HAD A LONG DAY.
WANT TO DO DRUGS?

>> AND HOLDS HER OWN AS A BOND
GIRL IN "NO TIME TO DIE."

SHE CAN'T TRUST HER HUSBAND IN
"WAR DOGS."

>> FIVE MONTHS PS PREGNANT.
BUT KEANU SHOULDN'T TRUST HER IN

"KNOCK, KNOCK."

>> NOT EVERYONE WOULD JUST LET
TWO TOTAL STRANGERS INTO THEIR

HOUSE.

>> AND TRUST US, THIS GUY SAID
YES WHEN SHE ASKED HIM TO DANCE

AT AGE 16.

THIS WAS IN 2006.
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH PLAYS AN

ALCOHOLIC MOM IN "TO LESLIE"
LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION.

>> WHERE YOU BEEN?

>> YOU'RE HOME EARLY.

>> I'VE BEEN ALL OVER TOWN
LOOKING FOR YOU.

>> I WENT LOOKING FOR A JOB.

>> A JOB?

>> YEAH.
FIGURE OUT MY PLAN.

>> MANY OF HER EARLY FILMS SAW
HER PLAYING BRITISH ARISTOCRACY,

A GIRLFRIEND OF THEN PRINCE
CHARLES IN "WHATEVER LOVE MEANS"

IN 2005.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO DANCE?

>> NO, THANK YOU.
NO ONE TREATS ME LIKE THAT, NOT

EACH YOU.

>> AND FACING REALITY IN "W. E."

>> YOUR FAMILY AND THE PRIME
MINISTER WON'T STAND FOR IT.

>> THEN I'LL GIVE UP THE THRONE.

>> THEN I WILL BE THE MOST
DESPISED WOMAN IN THE WORLD.

>> AS MARGARET THATCHER ERTHATC.

>> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I HADN'T
STUDIED THE CAREER OF THE MAN I

INTEND TO SUCCEED.
PREPARATION IS EVERYTHING.

>> AND ON THIS SIDE OF THE BOND,
SHE PORTRAYS TOM CRUISE IN

"OBLIVION."

>> I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY
TECHNICIAN.

HE'S UNFIT FOR SERVICE.

>> CATE BLANCHETT, NOMINATED FOR
PLAYING A WORLD CLASS CONDUCTOR

IN "TAR."

♪

>> I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A
TOUCH OF MALARIA.

BUT IN ONE OF HER EARLIEST ROADS
IN 1993, SHE WAS IN A JAPANESE

PRISON CAMP.
IRONICALLY, IT'S GLENN CLOSE

PLAYING CONDUCTOR.
AS A PANICKED BRIDE IN "THE

WEDDING PARTY."

>> HOW DO YOU FEEL?

>> I FEEL PRETTY GOOD.
NO, I FEEL AWFUL.

>> AND IN THE EARLY '90s,
PLAYING THE REBEL BIANCA IN THE

MINI SERIES "BORDER TOWN."

>> HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

>> AND EVERYONE GETS THEIR START
SOMEWHERE.

YEP, THAT'S EIGHT-TIME OSCAR
NOMINEE, TWO-TIME WINNER CATE

BLANCHETT IN AN AD.

>> I WANT A PACKET OF TIM TAMS
THAT NEVER RUNS OUT.

>> YOU HAVE TWO WISHES LEFT.

>> WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?

>> NOW I'M HUNGRY FOR THOSE
BISCUITS.

SHE NAILED THAT PERFORMANCE IN
THE COMMERCIAL. SO FUN.

WE HAVE UP COVERED A LOT MORE OF
THOSE VINTAGE CLIPS FOR

EVERYBODY.
LATER, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE

OTHERS MADE THEIR FIRST
IMPRESSIONS ON SCREEN.

>>> ALSO COMING UP, WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU PUT TOM CRUISE BACK IN

A FLIGHT SUIT OR ANGELA BASSETT
BACK UNDER A ROYAL CROWN?

ONE THING IS A GUARANTEED BOX
OFFICE HIT.

THAT AND MUCH MORE WHEN WE
RETURN LIVE TO HOLLYWOOD.

STAY WITH US.

>>> HEY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME BOOK HOLLYWOOD WHERE, IN

JUST A FEW HOURS, THIS CARPET
WILL BE LINED WITH THE BIGGEST

STARS IN ENTERTAINMENT.
NOT JUST THE NOMINEES, BUT

SUPERSTAR PRESENTERS LIKE DWAYNE
JOHNSON, HARRISON FORD, AND

MICHAEL B. JORDAN.

>> AS THE COUNTDOWN TO THE
AWARDS CONTINUES, WE WANT TO

LOOK AT THE ACTING CATEGORIES
AND HANDICAP WHO THE FAVORITES

ARE TO WIN LATER TONIGHT.
OUR EXPERT ALSO BE HERE IN A

MOMENT TO HELP US WITH THAT.
BUT FIRST, LET'S REMIND

EVERYBODY WHO IS NOMINATED IN
THE BEST ACTOR CATEGORY.

>> SO MANY GREAT PERFORMANCES WE
WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT RIGHT

NOW.

♪

♪

>> THERE IT IS.

TALKING TO ME, ARE YOU?

>> NOW I REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE ALIVE.

>> WHAT'S YOUR SISTER'S NAME?

>> SOPHIE.

I'M HER DAD ACTUALLY.

>> DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING
THAT PEOPLE ARE INCAPABLE OF NOT

CARING?

>> JUST TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCES
THERE.

I KNOW THAT OSCAR VOTERS HAD TO
HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME CHOOSING A

WINNER.
I DID NOT HAVING A HARD TIME

SAYING YES WHEN I WAS INVITED TO
ATTEND THE LUNCHEON IN

HOLLYWOOD.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH

SEVERAL OF THE NOMINEES,
INCLUDING ONE OF THE TALENTED

ACTORS, HOLLYWOOD VETERAN COLIN
FARRELL.

HE JOINED ME WITH HIS CO-STAR
FROM "THE BANSHEES OF

INISHERIN," BRENDAN GLEESON.

>> I'VE DONE SOMETHING, TELL ME.
I JUST DON'T LIKE YOU NO MORE.

>> YOU LIKED ME YESTERDAY.

>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO GET THE
NOD?

>> IT'S REALLY LOVELY.
IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT.

IT FEELS LIKE A MUCH MORE
COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE THAN IT

MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE.

>> IT FEELS LIKE A GOOD YEAR FOR
IRISH ACTORS IN GENERAL.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S AMAZING.
I HADN'T MET PAUL BEFORE.

I LOVE HIS WORK ANY WAY.
SO IT GAVE US CONFIDENCE BACK

HOME TO LOOK TOWARDS DOING THIS
QUALITY OF WORK.

IT DOES GIVE EVERYBODY A LIFT
FOR SURE.

>> LAST NIGHT WAS JUST THE
WHISKY TALKING.

>> LAST NIGHT?

>> WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?

>> YEAH, I CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH
OF IT, BUT I REMEMBER THE GIST

WASN'T THE BEST.

>> GIVE US A SENSE OF THE SCENE
SET FOR US WHEN YOU FOUND OUT

THAT YOU GOT THE NOMINATION.

>> I WAS GOING TO WORK THE NEXT
DAY, SO I WAS IN BED.

I KNEW WHEN THE CALL CAME IT'S
EITHER TIME TO GET UP OR IT'S

SOMETHING ELSE.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO GO TO WORK

THE NEXT DAY.
BUT I WAS HERE, SO IT WAS NICE.

WE COULD MEET UP THAT EVENING.

>> YEAH, WE MET UP THAT EVENING,
ALL OF US.

WE LOVED DOING THE FILM.
IT MEANT A LOT TO US IN OUR OWN

INDIVIDUAL WAYS AND IN SHARED
WAYS, TOO.

SO THERE IS A SWEETNESS TO HAVE
THIS HAPPEN.

>> YOU ALL WORKED TOGETHER IN
2008.

>> YOU'VE BEEN THE WORST TOUR
N IST IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

>> KIND OF A SIMILAR IDEA OF
FRIENDS, AND THEN THIS CONFLICT.

WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU GUYS,
WHO ARE FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE, TO

GET TO WORK TOGETHER?

>> IT'S A JOY. IT'S EASY.
I MEAN, IT'S EASY IN THAT

THERE'S PERMISSION FOR IT TO BE
HARD WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE HARD,

AND PUSH EACH OTHER IN A WY TO
BE CREATIVE.

THERE'S A KIND OF ORGANIC
ELEMENT THAT DENIES ANY

UNDERSTANDING ON MY PART.

>> IT'S INTERESTING NOT FULLY
KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EXERCISE IN
ITS PROPER WAY.

>> FIRST MOVIE THAT YOU SAW MADE
A BIG IMPRESSION ON YOU?

>> "BAMBI."
BAMBI'S MOTHER DYING, THAT KID

ME.

>> "E. T." DYING KILLED ME.
SPIELBERG, OFTEN AT THE CORE OF

HIS PRESENTATIONS, ARE FAMILIES
THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

SO YEAH, IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE OF
A VERY DOMESTIC BUT VERY REAL

TURBULENCE GOING ON IN THE
FAMILY.

AND WHEN THE TIME CAME THAT
"E.T." DIED IT SHOOK ME TO MY

CORE.

>> THIS ISLAND, A SMALL IRISH
ISLAND, TWO FRIENDS WITH A

CONFLICT.
SOMEWHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS MOVIE

THAT SEEMS VERY SIMPLE BUT THAT
IS RESONATING WITH SO MANY

PEOPLE?

>> ONE OF THE GREAT CERTAINTIES
OF LIFE IS WE'RE ALL GOING TO

DEAL WITH LOSS AT A CERTAIN
POINT.

THE FEAR CAN ASSAIL YOU WHEN YOU
LOSE SOMEBODY THAT MEANT SO MUCH

TO YOU.
JUST THAT KIND OF SIMPLE, SIMPLE

DYNAMIC OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO

BE LEANING INTO OR FIND A LITTLE
BIT OF HEALING IN, OR A LITTLE

BIT OF RECOGNITION.

>> WE CAN'T ALL BE YOU, CAN IT?

>> YES, IT CAN.
THERE'S TWO OF US IN THIS.

>> NO, THERE ISN'T.

>> BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD TO
BRING SOMETHING TO AN END THAT

HASN'T BEEN PLANNED, IT WAS VERY
EASY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS IT.

AND JUST THE PAIN THAT'S
INVOLVED IN IT, AND ALL THE

DILEMMAS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

>> BEFORE I WAS AN ACTOR, FILM
MADE ME FEEL LESS ALONE.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BE A
PART OF.

>> SO WILL COLIN FARRELL TAKE
HOME AN OSCAR TONIGHT?

HERE TO HELP US HANDICAP THE
RACE ARE TWO HOLLYWOOD INSIDERS,

CHIEF CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH

WAG DONALD TRUMP MEISTER AND
CLAYTON DAVIS.

GIVE US A SENSE, WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT BEST ACTOR CATEGORY, WHO
WILL WIN, WHO SHOULD WIN AND WHO

COULD BE THE DARK HORSE?

>> WHO WILL WIN?
THIS IS REALLY A TOUGH RACE.

IN MY MIND, THIS IS BETWEEN
BRENDAN FRASER AND AUSTIN BUTLER.

NOW, I THINK THAT BRENDAN FRASER
WILL WIN, AND I AM ROOTING FOR

ALL THEM, BUT I'M ROOTING FOR
HIM BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SUCH

AN INCREDIBLE COMEBACK.
EVERYBODY HAS JUST LOVED TO SEE

THIS RENAISSANCE, AS WE LIKE TO
CALL IT. WHO SHOULD WIN?

I THINK AUSTIN OR BRENDAN SHOULD
WIN. THEY HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE

PERFORMANCES THAT WERE
INCREDIBLE.

BUT THE DARK HORSE, YOU ASKED
EARLIER, WOULD COLIN FARRELL WIN?

I DO THINK HE COULD, AND I THINK
HE WILL BE THE DARK HORSE.

>> CLAYTON, WHO WILL WIN, SHOULD
WIN AND POSSIBLE SLEEPER PICK?

>> I THINK AUSTIN BUTLER IS
GOING TO WIN.

HIS PERFORMANCE AS ELVIS PRESLEY
DOMINATED.

HE WON THE GOLDEN GLOBE,
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IS GOING

TO COME THROUGH.
I THINK COLIN FARRELL IS THE BIG

UPSET HERE.
IT WAS ON THIS PROGRAM TWO YEARS

AGO, I SAID CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HE WILL WIN

BUT I'M VOTING FOR ANTHONY
HOPKINS.

I THINK COLIN IS A SLEEPER.

>> THAT SCENE WITH THE DONKEY IN
"BANSHEES" --

>> NO SPOILERS.

>> FOR ANIMAL LOVERS, THAT ONE
GOT ME.

WE'LL STAY TUNED AND CHECK BACK
LATER ON.

MORE PREDICTIONS COMING UP, AS
WELL AS MORE INTERVIEWS WITH

SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE NOMINEES,
AND AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL TALK

ABOUT THOSE OSCARS FASHIONS.
OUR STYLE EXPERT JOINS US NEXT.

STAY WITH US.

>>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN IN WORDS,

BECAUSE IT'S A MIXTURE OF SORT
OF LIKE DISBELIEF, BUT ALSO PURE

JOY.

>> AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE
TALENTED NOMINEES YOU MAY NOT

RECOGNIZE IN THE SPOT LIGHT
TONIGHT WITH THE WORLD'S BIGGEST

MOVIES HERE AT THE 95th ANNUAL
ACADEMY AWARDS, AND THE FAMOUS

CARPET THEY WILL WALK DOWN.

>> 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF THIS
CHAMPAGNE CARPET.

TONIGHT'S CEREMONY WILL BE BROAD
CAST LIVE IN MORE THAN 200

COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AROUND
THE WORLD.

SIT A GLOBAL SPECTACLE TO SAY
THE LEAST.

>> MANY ADMIT THEY LOVE THE
OSCAR AS MUCH FOR THE FASHION AS

THE AWARDS.
IN A WAY, THE RED CARPET, OR

CHAMPAGNE CARPET THIS YEAR, IS
THE BIGGEST FASHION RUNWAY IN

THE WORLD.

>> I COUNT MYSELF AS ONE OF
THOSE FANS THAT LOVE TO SEE WHAT

THE STARS ARE WEARING.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE LOOKING

EXTRAORDINARY.
I TRIED TO TELL WHIT, DON'T BE

AFRAID TO GO WITH THE BIG BOW
TIE.

>> I HAVE BOW TIE ENVY.
BUT YOU WEAR IT MUCH BETTER.

>> I'VE GOT TO PULL OUT ALL THE
STOPS.

OF COURSE, IT IS GREAT TO BE
BACK AGAIN WITH YOU GUYS THIS

YEAR. JUST TO RECAP WHAT'S BEEN A
STELLAR AWARD SEASON WHEN IT

COMES TO FASHION, FROM RELIABLE
RED CARPET ICONS TO BREAKOUT

STYLE STARS, HERE IS A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE LOOKS AND TRENDS WE

HAVE SEEN LEADING UP TO TONIGHT.

AWARD SEASON GLAM IS BACK, BABY.
THIS SEASON HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT

BIG VOLUME. BRIGHT COLORS.

>> I FEEL LIKE FORRESE, LESS WAS
MORE. OH, NO, MORE IS MORE.

WE'RE GOING FULL MAKEUP.
IT USED TO BE ABOUT FRESH SKIN.

NO, NO, THE EYES ARE BACK.
JAMIE LEE CURTIS, HER MAKEUP

PAIRED WITH THE HAIR, HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL.

I'M LOVING THE WAY THAT THE
PIXIE KIND OF PLAYS OFF THE

ENTIRE OUTFIT SHE'S BEEN WEARING.
SHE'LL GIVE US EYE WEAR.

AND THEN THERE'S A SMOLDERING
EYE UNDERNEATH.

>> WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SMOLDERS, HOW ABOUT THOSE

SMOLDERING GAZES INTO THE CAMERA
FROM AUSTIN BUTLER.

>> WE COULD GO ON ABOUT THE

PERFECT HAIR, IT STANDS STRAIGHT
UP, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT HIS

EYES, IT'S LIKE HE'S STAIRING
INTO YOUR SOUL.

ASIDE FROM THE FABULOUS TUXEDOES
THAT HE'S GIVEN US, IT'S A

BEAUTY MOMENT FOR AUSTIN.
I THINK ELVIS WOULD BE PROUD.

>> ANA de ARMAS IS NOMINATED FOR
PLAYING ANOTHER ICON IN

"BLONDE."

BUT IT WAS RED CARPET QUEEN S

SENSAYA.

>> WE'VE SEEN IT ON OTHERS, WITH
THOSE REALLY ROMANTIC WAVES.

IT ADDS TO THAT EVENING GLAMOUR
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF.

>> WE'VE SEEN BIG SLEEVES, BIG
SHOULDERS, LOTS OF SPARKLE ON

FASHION'S BREAKOUT STARS.

AND RELIABLE RED CARPET ICONS.

>> ANGELA BASSETT DID THE THING.
I HAD TO DO IT.

SHE'S DONE THE THING EVERY
SINGLE TIME SHE STEPS ON THE

CARPET. THE HAIR IS DRAMATIC.
THE DRESSES ARE DRAMATIC.

THE MAKEUP IS FLAWLESS.

>> EIGHT-TIME NOMINEE AND RED
CARPET ROYALTY CATE BLANCHETT IS

CEMENTING HER STYLE ICON TAT TUS
BY CONTINUING TO SHOP HER

CLOSET, REWEARING MULTIPLE PAST
LOOKS THIS SEASON.

UPDATING HER 2015 OSCAR DRESS,

AND HER ARMANNI LOOK AT THE
S.A.G. AWARDS WAS THE THIRD TIME

SHE WORE THE GOWN.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF SHE

RECYCLES ONE OF THESE ICONIC
LOOKS TONIGHT, WHETHER OR NOT

SHE TAKES HOME THAT GOLDEN GOD.
OF COURSE, CATE BLANCHETT ISN'T

THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
DIGGING BACK THROUGH HER FASHION

ARCHIVES.
THIS SEASON, WE HAVE SEEN SOME

OF THE YOUNGER STAR LETS WEARIN
VINTAGE PIECES OLDER THAN THEY

ARE.
AND ZENDAYA WAS IN VERSACE FROM

2002.
AT THAT SAME SHOW, SHE CHANGED

MID SHOW FROM VINTAGE PRADA FROM
1993.

JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, SHE
WAS BORN IN 1996.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OLIVIA
RODRIGO.

THESE ARE CLEARY BY STELLA
McCARTNEY PANTS FROM 2001.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE ALSO SEEN ON
CARRIE BRADSHAW IN AN EPISODE OF

"SEX IN THE CITY."
OF COURSE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR

THESE YOUNG STARS TO WANT A
CUSTOM GOWN, NOW THEY HAVE TO GO

ARCHIVE DIVING.

>> WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME ARCHIVE
DIVING AROUND HERE BY THE WAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I NOTICED THERE?
AUSTIN BUTLER, THE JUMBO BOW TIE.

>> YOU MISSED OUT.

>> I HAVE IT IN MY BAG.PWHEN YO
JAMES BOND.

WHEN I WEAR IT, I LOOK LIKE BOZO
THE CLOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AS YOU MENTIONED, CATE BLANCHETT
IS OFF AND ON THE BEST DRESSED

LIST, AND ALREADY A TWO-TIME
OSCAR WINNER IS NOMINATED

TONIGHT FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF A
TROUBLED MUSE CAM CONDUCTOR IN

"TAR" AND CHRIS CONLEY HAD A
CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH HER.

>> NOW IS THE TIME TO CONDUCT
MUSIC THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRES

SOMETHING OF YOU.
NEW MUSIC THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS

BT WILL HEAR DIFFERENTLY WHEN
YOU INTERPRET IT FOR THEM.

>> I'M STRUCK BY HOW BRILLIANTLY
YOU INHABIT THE INTELLECTUAL

UNDERSTANDING OF BEING A
CONDUCTOR.

DOES THAT BECOME SOMETHING THAT
ENHANCES YOUR OWN LIFE, THE

KNOWLEDGE YOU TAKE ON AS YOU
PLAY A ROLE LIKE THIS?

>> LOOK, IT'S A FORM OF ACTIVE
ANTHROPOLOGY FOR ME, IN A WAY.

ACTING, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND
TOO --

>> GO RIGHT AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.

BUT IT'S A WAY OF ACTUALLY
FINDING OUT ABOUT A POPULAR LIFE

THAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE
UNDERSTOOD BUT YOU REALIZE YOU

KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT.
SO I APPRECIATE A CLASSICAL

MUSIC AS A PUNTER, BUT I WAS
NEVER ABLE TO GIVE LANGUAGE TO

THE FEELING I HAD.
AND SO TO EMBODY LIDIA TAR WAS

TO SORT OF BRING THE HEART AND
MIND TOGETHER.

♪

MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT PRESENCE.
YOU BREATHE IN THE INSPIRATION,

AND THE MUSIC SOUNDS AS
EX-HILATION.

SO IT'S ALL ABOUT BREATHING WITH

THE AUDIENCE AND THE ORCHESTRA.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> I WAS PREPARING DURING THE
PANDEMIC, SO ALL OF THIS WAS

HAPPENING FOR ME ONLINE.
BUT TO WATCH THESE CONDUCTORS

AND HOW ID IDYOSYNCRATIC, GIVEN

THAT CONDUCTING IS A FORM OF
COMMUNICATION, ACTING IS A FORM

OF COMMUNICATION.
IT'S A WAY OF BRINGING, I

SUPPOSE, A SKILLSET THAT I LOVE
TO A SKILLSET THAT I KNEW

NOTHING ABOUT.

>> SO GREAT TO TALK TO HER ABOUT
THAT AMAZING PERFORMANCE.

IF ANY OF YOU SAW "TAR" AND THE
WEIRD AL YANUKOVYCH TV MOVIE

"WEIRD" YOU KNOW WHAT A YEAR IT
WAS FOR MAJOR STARS PLAYING THE

ACCORDION ON SCREEN.
SO WHEN SHE ACCEPTED HER AWARD

IN JANUARY, SHE PRAISED THE WORK
OF ANDREA RISEBOROUGH FOR HER

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A LITTLE
SEEN FILM CALLED "TO LESLIE."

NINE DAYS LATER, SHE SHOCKED THE
WORLD BY BACKING AN ACADEMY

AWARD NOMINEE.
IT'S BECOME THE FOCUS OF A MAJOR

CONTROVERSY.
HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS FOR MORE?

>> ABSOLUTELY, CHRIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION.

WE WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT
CONTROVERSY, SO WE BROUGHT BACK

ELIZABETH AND CLAYTON WHO
COVERED THAT STORY.

CLAYTON, WHAT WAS IT
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ANDREA

RISEBOROUGH CAMPAIGN THAT MADE
IT CONTROVERSIAL?

>> SHE RECRUITED A LOT OF HEAVY
HITTERS, SALLY FIELD, JANE

FONDA, COMING OUT TO BAT FOR HER.
MARY McCORMICK, THE WIFE OF

MICHAEL MORRIS, WHO IS THE
DIRECTOR OF "TO LESLIE," CAME IN

THERE, WERE GETTING DIRECT CALLS
TO MEMBERS, WHICH IS A BIG

NO-NO.
AND THEN THEY HAD, OBVIOUSLY,

THEIR BIG GATHERING OF EVENTS,
PRIVATE EVENTS.

YOU CANNOT DO THAT IN THE
ACADEMY CIRCLES.

AND THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, CALLED
OUT FOR IT.

BUT THIS HAPPENS A LOT IN THE
BUSINESS, BUT THEY WERE MUCH

MORE LOUDER ABOUT IT.

>> ELIZABETH, THE ACADEMY DID
ALLOW HER TO KEEP HER NOMINATION.

DO YOU THINK THAT GOING FORWARD,
THE GUIDELINES SHOULD BE CHECKED

OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE?

>> I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE.

THE ACADEMY DID SAY THEY WERE
CONDUCTING A REVIEW AND THEY

WILL LOOK AT THE GUIDELINES FOR
NEXT YEAR IN THIS AGE OF SOCIAL

MEDIA.
A LOT OF THIS PLAYED OUT ON

INSTAGRAM AND ACROSS DIFFERENT
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS BECAUSE

AS CLAYTON MENTIONED, A LOT OF
A-LISTERS WERE CAMPAIGNING FOR

HER. OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T SAY NO
CAMPAIGNING ON INSTAGRAM.

BUT ONE OF THE BIG NO-NOES THAT
WENT AGAINST ACADEMY GUIDELINES

IS MENTIONING ANOTHER NOMINEE.
YOU CAN'T MENTION SOMEONE ELSE

THAT COULD BE NOMINATED IN THE
SAME CATEGORY AS YOU.

AND BY THEY, I MEAN, THEY POSTED
A REVIEW THAT MENTIONED CATE

BLANCHETT.

>> FOR PEOPLE NOT INSIDERS IN
ALL THIS SAYING WHAT ABOUT THE

BIG BUDGET MOVIEMAKERS, THE
STUDIOS OUT THERE WHO ARE DOING

THESE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
CAMPAIGNS, HOW IS THIS ANY

DIFFERENT?

>> THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS, NOT

ALL ACTRESSES ARE CREATED EQUAL,

RIGHT?
VIOLA DAVIS "THE WOMAN KING" NOT

NOMINATED.
WE ARE 21 YEARS AFTER HALLE

BARRY BECAME THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN TO WIN BEST ACTRESS, AND

WE HAVE YET TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S NOT ANDREA RISEBOROUGH'S

FAULT, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT SAME
ENERGY FOR BLACK WOMEN IN THIS

BUSINESS WHEN THEY NEED SOME
EXTRA HELP TO GET THEM OVER THE

FINISH LINE.
WHAT IS CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU

DON'T HAVE THOSE BIG A-LISTER
FRIENDS, WHAT CAN ONE DO?

>> THAT'S THE QUESTION HERE.
WAS SHE AND THE FILM, WERE THEY

BEING SAVVY AND SMART BY
GATHERING THEIR A-LIST FRIENDS

OR GOING AGAINST THE RULES?
IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THIS

NOMINATION CAME OUT, I WAS WITH
CHRIS CONLEY, WE WERE ON "GOOD

MORNING AMERICA" WE WERE SHOCKED
WHEN HER NAME WAS ANNOUNCED.

THE FIRST REACTION WAS, THIS IS
WONDERFUL.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THIS $100
MILLION BUDGETS FOR MARKETING

AND OSCAR CAMCAMPAIGNS.
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE

MUDDYING THE WATERS.

>> SHE DID HAVE A GREAT
PERFORMANCE.

I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
STRUGGLED WITH ADDICTION.

THERE'S SOMETHING VERY REAL
ABOUT HER PERFORMANCE IN THIS

FILM.
BUT RULES ARE RULES AND YOU HAVE

TO FOLLOW THEM.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE
HER PERFORMANCE WAS INCREDIBLE,

AND NOBODY CAN DENY THAT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT
SOME WERE SNUBBED.

MORE ON THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
A LOT MORE COMING UP ON OUR

COUNTDOWN.
UP NEXT, MY CONVERSATION WITH

THE LEGENDARY ANGELA BASSETT.
AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF

HER EARLIEST ACTING ROLES BEFORE
SHE WAS FAMOUS.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO HOLLYWOOD
AND OUR COUNTDOWN TO THE 95th

ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS.
YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE OUTSIDE THE

SCENE OF THE DOLBY THEATRE WHERE
THOSE COVETED GOLD STATUETTES

WILL BE HANDED OUT.

>> HERE'S A LITTLE OSCAR TRIVIA
ABOUT THOSE STATUETTES.

THEY ARE SOLID BRONZE AND PLATED
IN 24 CARAT GOLD.

BUT DURING WORLD WAR II, DUE TO
A SHORTAGE OF METAL, THEY WERE

MADE WITH PAINTED PLASTER.
FOLLOWING THE WAR, THEY TRADED

THEM IN AND GOT THE REAL THING
EVENTUALLY.

AND WINNERS OFTEN COMMENT ABOUT
HOW HEAVY THE OSCAR IS.

HE WEIGHS 8 1/2 POUNDS AND HAS
NOT GAINED AN OUNCE SINCE 1929.

WE GOT TO HOLD HIM THE OTHER
DAY, TOO.

>> YOU DID. I DID NOT.
OSCAR LOOKS QUITE LIKE YOU WITH

THE HIGH CHEEKBONES, THE CUTE
LITTLE SAW.

>> YOU ARE GIVING THAT OSCAR
STATUE A RUN FOR HIS MONEY WITH

THAT DRESS TODAY.

>> WE TURN NOW TO THE TALENTED
WOMEN NOMINATED FOR BEST

SUPPORTING ACTRESS.
EACH ONE WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE

SPENT A LOT OF TIME EARLY ON
JUST TRYING TO GET NOTICED BY

THE RIGHT MOVIE PRODUCER ON A
SITCOM OR TV COMMERCIAL.

>> WHETHER IT WAS TRYING TO
ESCAPE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE OR A

BROADWAY SHOW, THIS YEAR'S
NOMINEES WORKED VERY HARD TO GET

HERE TONIGHT.
AND HERE NOW ARE THOSE BEST

SUPPORTING ACTRESS CONTENDERS
BEFORE THEY WERE NOMINEES.

>> I WAS JUST HOPING THAT YOU
COULD EXPLAIN THIS.

>> JAMIE LEE CURTIS PLAYED A
GRUMPY IRS INSPECTOR IN

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE."

>> NOW, YOU MAY ONLY SEE A PILE
OF BORING FORMS AND NUMBERS, BUT

I SEE A STORY.

>> SHE ADMITS THAT GROWING UP
THE CHILD OF HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY

HELPED HER GET A FOOTHOLD IN MID
'70s TELEVISION.

SHE WAS STILL A TEENAGER ON
"QUINCY."

HERE AS A WAITRESS ON "COLUMBO."

>> I CAN COME BACK.

>> AND ON "CHARLIE'S ANGELS," A
PRO GOLFER NEEDING PROTECTION.

>> IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO KILL
YOU --

>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I'M
NOT BACKING OUT.

>> AND A GUEST SPOT ON "THE LOVE
BOAT."

>> THE LAST TIME I HAD CORNISH
GAME HEN IS THE NIGHT YOU

PROPOSED ME.

>> EVEN HER MOM SHOWS UP ON
BOARD.

BUT WE LOVE FIND THING RARE GEM.

>> WHEN DID THE PENAL SYSTEM GO
COED?

>> JAMIE PLAYING A PRISONER ON
"BUCK ROGERS."

>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU, SO
STOP PRETENDING LIKE YOU CARE

FOR ME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!

>> SO CUTE.

>> HER CO-STAR, STEPHANIE SHU,
BRAVES THE MULTIVERSE IN

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE."

>> HEY, EVALYN. BAGEL.

>> HER BREAKOUT ROLE PLAYING
MAY, EXPLORING HER INTERRACIAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH JOEL IN 1960s
NEW YORK.

>> WHAT'S THE SONG ABOUT?

>> THE USUAL STUFF.
BOY MEETS GIRL, BOY LOSES GIRL,

GIRL BUYS KNIFE WITH 12-INCH
BLADE.

>> AND PROTESTING RACIAL
STEREOTYPES.

>> THE WHOLE PORTRAYAL IS
FACIAL. A GEISHA, SERIOUSLY?

WHY WOULDN'T SHE BE A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSWOMAN OR A PROFESSOR OR

STAY AT HOME DAD?

>> I LOVE THAT PILLOW.
THAT WILL LOOK SO GOOD IN MY

APARTMENT.

>> PLAYING GWYNETH PALTROW'S
ASSISTANT.

THAT'S HER, STEALING ITEMS FROM
THE GREEN ROOM FOR GWYNETH.

AND "GMA" WENT BEHIND SCENES
WHEN "BE MORE CHILL" APPEARED ON

BROADWAY IN 2018.
KERRY CONDON IS NOMINATED FOR

HER ROLE AS COLIN FARRELL'S
SISTER IN "THE BANSHEES OF

INISHERIN."

>> LUCKILY YOU WON'T HAVE TO PUT
UP WITH US MORE THAN ONE NIGHT.

SO TRY EATING WITH YOUR MOUTH
CLOSED.

>> SHE PLAYS THE DAUGHTER OF
HITMAN MIKE ON "BETTER CALL

SAUL."

>> WOW.

>> AND TRIES TO SURVIVE A ZOMBIE
APOCALYPSE ON "THE WALKING

DEAD."

>> I CAN'T DO THINGS LIKE THIS.
LET ME BE WITH HIM.

>> YOU NEVER SEE HER, BUT IN
CAPTAIN AMERICA'S SILVER WAR, DO

YOU RECOGNIZE THAT ACCENT?

AND HUNG CHAU IS NOMINATED FOR
"THE WHALE."

WE FOUND HER AS A CHATTY
WAITRESS ON "GOOD LUCK CAB."

AS A LAB TECH ON "NCIS."

>> WE THINK YOU HAVE A DOUBLE
HOMICIDE ON YOUR HAD.

>> A SECRETARY TURNED BOSS IN
"HOME COMING WITH BOBBY."

>> I'M A PROBLEM SOLVER.

>> YOU WERE A PROBLEM SOLVER.
BUT NOW YOU ARE A PROBLEM.

I WANT YOUR HOUSE.

>> AND A PREDATORY TRILLIONAIRE
IN "THE WATCHMAN."

>> HOLD ON A MINUTE HERE.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE A MINUTE.

>> I HAVE TO GO WITH THESE GUYS
TO NORWAY.

>> AND WOWS US IN "DOWN SIZING."

>> I'M SO HAPPY. THANK YOU.

>> THE LEGENDARY ANGELA BASSETT
IN "BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA

FOREVER."

>> AND I WARNED YOU ABOUT TAKING
MY DAUGHTER ON THIS MISSION, AND

YOU LOST HER.

>> BACK IN 1985, SHE'S A
GRIEVING DAUGHTER ON "SPENCER

FOR HIRE."
BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS HER AS A

TV REPORTER IN THE THRILLER "FX."

SHE'S SINGING IN "THE FLASH" AND
A FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN

"KINDERGARTEN COP."
SHE GIVES UP HER SON IN "BOYS IN

THE HOOD."

>> I CAN'T TEACH HIM HOW TO BE A
MAN. THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

>> AND RECLAIMS HER DAUGHTER ON
"227."

AND HER APPEARANCES ON "GUIDING
LIGHT." "SEARCH FOR TOMORROW."

>> YOU'RE MAD, RIGHT?

>> ONLY DOGS GET MAD.

>> AND BACK IN 1987, ONE OF HER

VERY FIRST ROLE ON "RYAN'S HOPE."

>> DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME.

>> THESE ARCHIVES ARE
EVERYTHING. ALL DAY.

KEEP THEM COMING FOR SURE.
CAN'T BELIEVE ANGELA BASSETT

SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON SOAP
OPERAS BEFORE FILM.

BUT THOSE ROLES PREPARED HER FOR
THIS ICONIC CAREER.

I KNOW YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SIT
DOWN WITH HER RECENTLY.

>> JUST AS TALENTED AS SHE, IS
SHE'S JUST AS STUNNING.

SHE'S 64 YEARS OLD.
SHE'S THE ORIGINAL BENJAMIN

BUTTONS, AGING BACKWARDS AT THIS
POINT.

HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 30
YEARS SINCE SHE RECEIVED HER

FIRST OSCAR NOMINATIONS.
TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE DID

TEACHA TEACH -- DID TINA TURNER.
AND NOW IN "BLACK PANTHER:

WAKANDA FOREVER."

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON NOMINATION
NUMBER TWO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LAST TIME WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
HOW IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT?

>> IT SEEMS A LITTLE MORE
HECTIC, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO

TAKE IT IN.
IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK, YOU KNOW.

THERE WAS A SURPRISING ELEMENT
FOR THIS.

BUT IT'S ALL EXCITING, IT'S ALL
GREAT.

>> WE KNOW WHAT YOU WHISPER.

♪

>> AS YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING,

THE FIRST PERSON OF COLOR --

>> HAVE I NOT GIVEN EVERYTHING!

>> HAVE I NOT GIVEN EVERYTHING,
RIGHT?

DID YOU REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF
YOUR PORTRAYAL AND HOW IT COULD

REALLY LAND IN SUCH AN IMPACTFUL
WAY?

>> OH, NO, I DIDN'T THINK THAT
FAR AHEAD.

BUT I KNOW -- I FELT THE POWER,
EVEN IN THE FIRST READING OF THE

SCRIPT, OF THAT LINE, OF THAT
MOMENT. AND THE TRUTH OF IT.

YOU KNOW, HOW IT RESONATES FOR
SHE TRULY HAS, YOU KNOW, HER

ENTIRE FAMILY.
AND SHE'S GIVEN HER LIFE AND

ENERGY TO HER COUNTRY.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE DEPTH OF
THAT CHARACTER, BECAUSE SHE'S

STRONG, BUT YET SHE'S VULNERABLE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF WIDE

RANGING EMOTION, DO YOU ENJOY
PLAYING A CHARACTER LIKE THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.
IN ALL MY CHARACTERS, I TRIED TO

FIND THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE ONE THING,

JUST STRONG.

YOU KNOW, STRONG WITHOUT THAT

COUNTERBALANCE.

>> MY MOTHER TOLD STORIES ABOUT
THIS.

>> WHO ARE YOU?

>> I LOOK FOR THAT IN THE
CHARACTERS ALSO, THE JOY AGAINST

THE GRIEF.

>> CURIOUS HOW WITH CHADWICK'S
PASSING, AND YOU HAVE REAL WORLD

GRIEF, HOW YOU BROUGHT THAT INTO
YOUR DELIVERY INTO THE MOVIE?

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR
FOR THAT. THAT LIVES IN US.

HE MADE SUCH AN IMPACT AROUND
IMPRINT ON EACH OF US ON THAT

SET.
OF COURSE, ON AUDIENCES AROUND

THE WORLD.

>> IT IS YOUR TIME TO BE KING.

>> WE LIVE WITH THE MEMORY OF
HIM AND HOW KIND AND MARVELOUS

OF A HUMAN BEING AND ACTOR HE IS.

>> THE KEEQUEEN IS STATELY AND
STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL.

CURIOUS WHAT YOU HOPE YOUNG
BLACK GIRLS, AND PERHAPS ALL

GIRLS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM SEEING
YOUR PORTRAYAL?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S MARVELOUS,
IT'S GRACEFUL. IT IS ENOUGH.

AND THEY TRULY CAN RISE AND
BECOME ANYTHING THAT THEY

DESIRE, THAT THEY PUT THEIR
HEART AND MIND TO, THAT THEY

GIVE FULL MEASURE OF THEIR
DEVOTION. THEY CAN RISE.

>> I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE CAST THERE, AND

THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING,
THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO

MANUFACTURER ANY GRIEF.
THAT WHAT WE SAW WAS REAL

BECAUSE OF THE PASSING AFTER
CHADWICK.

>>> FROM A HOLLYWOOD ICON TO A
BREAKOUT STAR, WHEN WE RETURN,

WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM AUSTIN
BUTLER WHOSE TURN AS ELVIS

PRESLEY HAS GENERATED SO MUCH
AWARD THIS AWARDS SEASON.

♪

>>> YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE, YOU
HAVE TO BE AUDACIOUS, YOU HAVE

TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE AND
DON'T BE AFRAID OF SOUND EFFECTS.

WOMEN CAN DO SOUND EFFECTS AS
WELL AS MEN CAN.

LEARN YOUR COMPUTER STUFF AND,
YOU KNOW, WORK ON STUDENT FILMS,

WORK ON IT FOR ANYBODY --
EVERYBODY NEEDS A SOUNDTRACK.

PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, MAKE
RELATIONSHIPS. YOU CAN DO IT.

>> AND WELCOME BACK TO
HOLLYWOOD.

WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE THE DOLBY
THEATRE WHERE, IN JUST A FEW

HOURS, SOME EXCITED AND NERVOUS
NOMINEES WILL BE DREAMING ABOUT

WALKING HOME WITH AN OSCAR.

>> FORM ERWINERS --

>> RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO TURN TO
WHAT HAS BECOME A PRETTY

BANKABLE GENRE IN HOLLYWOOD, THE
BIOPIC, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF

ONE OF OUR CULTURAL ICONS IN A
NEW WAY.

WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT ELVIS,
MARE ILYN MONROE AND STEVEN

SPIELBERG THROUGH OSCAR
NOMINATED FILMS THIS YEAR.

BUT THEY ARE NOT THE FIRST B
BIOPICS TO CATCH OUR ATTENTION.

KELLY HAS MORE.

>> BUYIOPICS HAVE LONG BEEN A
STAPLE IN HOLLYWOOD.

THE GREAT ONES FOUND THEIR
PLACES IN HISTORY, BUT IT CAN BE

A REAL CHALLENGE TO TELL THOSE
STORIES. TAKE A LOOK. THE ICON.

>> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME
WITH ME SING IN TEX WARNER'S

WANT?

>> SO MANY GONE TOO SOON.

>> IF YOU LOVED ME AT ALL, YOU
WOULD FEEL SORRY FOR THE

TERRIBLE TROUBLES I'VE BEEN
THROUGH.

>> BUT THEIR IMPACT WILL LAST
FOREVER.

>> I CAN CARRY WITH ME THE
PRESENT MEMORIES OF MY STAY IN

THE MIDST OF THE POOR PEOPLE OF
EAST LONDON.

>> "TILL" WAS MY FAVORITE BIOPIC
OF THIS YEAR AND IN SEVERAL

YEARS.
A BIOPIC WORKS BEST WHEN WE

LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT A
FIGURE WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT.

♪

>> THANKS TO THE POWER OF BIOPIC
FILMS, WE GET A TASTE OF THEIR

GREATNESS AND A GLIMPSE OF WHERE
IT BEGAN.

2022 WAS A GREAT YEAR OF BIOPICS.

>> ARE YOU READY TO FLY?

>> I'M READY.

>> FROM THE KING OF ROCK,

"ELVIS," WONDERFUL PORTRAYED BY
AUSTIN BUTLER.

>> ARGUABLY, IT'S ONE TO HAVE
BEST OF TEN PICTURES.

>> AND THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL,
REINCARNATED BY A RAW AND

RIVETING ANA de ARMAS.
TO ONE OF THE GREATEST DIRECTORS

OF ALL-TIME, STEVEN SPIELBERG.
THE PIONEER OF MODERN

BLOCKBUSTERS, SHARING HIS LIFE.

>> A GOOD BIOPIC IS ABOUT A
MOMENT, A TIME IN PLACE, A VERY

SPECIFIC THING.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS AN

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN PART ABOUT
STEVEN SPIELBERG.

BUT IT WASN'T ABOUT STEVEN
SPIELBERG AS MUCH AS IT WAS

ABOUT THE CAMERA.
AND THE CAMERA FOR ME WAS SUCH A

METAPHOR FOR LIFE.
AND THE WAY THIS CAMERA CAPTURED

HUMAN HOMES AND HUMAN INTEREST,
I THOUGHT THAT PART WAS

BRILLIANT.

>> THEIR STORIES FOLLOWING THE
BLUEPRINT OF MANY CLASSICS OVER

THE YEARS. SW

>> WHO HE IS?

>> LAWRENCE ARABIA CONSIDERED A

SIN SE CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE.

>> THERE ARE MOMENTS IN IT THAT
ARE OFFENSIVE.

FOR ME, THOSE MOMENTS DO NOT
NEGATE THE POWER OF THE MOVIE.

>> I DEMAND IT OF YOU.

>> AND THERE'S "CLEOPATRA" IN

1963, WINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY

AWARDS.

>> "AMADAYUS" IN 1984, STILL A

GOLD STANDARD OF CINEMA.

>> YOU ARE NOT AN AMERICAN.
WE DIDN'T LAND ON PLYMOUTH ROCK,

PLYMOUTH ROCK LANDED ON US.

>> IT WAS SPIKE LEE'S MALCOLM X
BIOPIC THAT EARNED DENZEL

WASHINGTON A BEST ACTOR NOD.

>> HE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
EVOLUTION OF MALCOLM X'S

IDEOLOGY.
THAT IS SO DIFFICULT TO PORTRAYA

MOVIE, IS THE EVOLUTION OF
IDEALOLOGY.

♪

>> AND WHO WOULD FORGET
"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" THAT

PORTRAYAL OF FREDDIE MERCURY'S
LIFE, GROSSING OVER $900

MILLION, MAKING IT THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL MUSIC BIOPIC OF ALL

TIME, AND EARNING SOME FOUR
ACADEMY AWARDS.

HISTORY LESSONS, CELEBRATING AND
REFLECTING ON THE UNIMAGINABLE.

THIS YEAR, THE BIOPICS COULD
ONCE AGAIN TAKE CENTER STAGE AT

THE OSCARS, REMINDING HOLLYWOOD
THERE'S STILL MANY GREAT STORIES

TO BE TOLD.

AGAIN, THE TRUE BIOPIC CAN SERVE
A GREAT PURPOSE.

BUT IT'S THOSE FILMS THAT TAKE
LIBERTY WITH THE STORIES THEY

TELL THAT POSE THE RISK OF
TAINTING HISTORY.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> KELLY, THANKS SO MUCH.
THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR'S HIT

FILM "ELVIS" HAS CATAPULTED
AUSTIN BUTLER TO A NEW LEVEL OF

FAME IN HOLLYWOOD.
MANY PREDICT THE 31-YEAR-OLD

FIRST-TIME NOMINEE WILL WALK
AWAY WITH THE OSCAR TONIGHT.

IT'S BEEN CERTAINLY A TRIUMPHANT
AND E MOTIONALLY BROUGHT AWARD

SEASON FOR THE ACTOR.
HERE NOW IS CHRIS CONLEY.

♪

>> WHEN YOU THINK OF ALL THAT
WORK YOU PUT IN, ALL THOSE HOURS

DURING COVID YOU WERE JUST
STARING AT YOUR WALLS, WHERE YOU

HAD PUT UP AN ENTIRE LIFE OF
ELVIS PRESLEY AROUND YOU?

>> YEAH, THAT'S -- I THINK BACK
TO THAT TIME, WHICH -- THAT WAS

THE SIX MONTHS THAT WE SHUT DOWN
FOR COVID, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF

THE FILM WAS GOING TO COME BACK.
I STAYED IN AUSTRALIA AND PASTED

ALL THE IMAGES I HAD OF ELVIS
AROUND THE WALLS, FROM JUST

FLOOR TO CEILING, A DETECTIVE
SCENE, YOU KNOW?

>> YOU ARE THE BEST PERSON I
COULD EVER HOPE TO WORK FOR.

THIS IS SOMETHING I AIN'T NEVER
SAID TO NOBODY BEFORE, BUT I

BELIEVE I CAN BE GREAT TOO.

>> OUR CINEMATOGRAPHER, I'M JUST
SO PROUD AND HAPPY FOR HER.

SHE'S ONE OF THREE FEMALE DPs IN
90 WHATEVER YEARS THAT HAS BEEN

NOMINATED.
AND SHE FIGURED OUT THE SPECIAL

ANGLES THAT FLATTERED YOUR FACE,
THAT KNEW IT WAS JUST RIGHT.

>> SHE WAS THERE FROM DAY ONE,
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING

WITH BAZ.
I NEVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH

A CINEMATOGRAPHER BEFORE, WHERE
YOU ARE DEVELOPING LANGUAGE AS

YOU ARE PREPARING TOGETHER.

>> WE SAT TOGETHER, YOU AND ME,
AND LISA MARIE IN THE JUNGLE

ROOM AT GRACELAND.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SHE TALKED ABOUT HER
AFFECTION FOR YOU.

>> MY CHILDREN AND I JUST FELL
IMMEDIATELY IN LOVE WITH HIM.

AND PROTECTIVE OF HIM.
I FEEL SO PROTECTIVE OF HIM.

AND I THINK RILEY DOES, TOO.
BUT WE JUST LOVE YOU, AND WE

FEEL THIS LOVE AND THERE'S JUST
SO MUCH LOVE.

IT WAS VERY -- IT'S A LOT.
IT'S A LOT.

HE'S DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB
THAT WE FEEL SO CONNECTED TO

HIM. SWEET THING.
HE'S SUCH A SWEET HEART.

>> WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU, TO
HAVE THOSE FEELINGS FROM HER?

>> IT'S SO HARD TO PUT INTO
WORDS, BECAUSE I HAD JUST MET

HER THE DAY BEFORE WE DID THAT
INTERVIEW TOGETHER.

BUT I HAD SO MUCH TIME OF TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND HER FATHER, TRYING

TO BE INSIDE HIS MIND AS MUCH AS
I COULD.

AND THEN YOU ADD IN THE WHOLE
LAYER OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE

ON IN EITHER ONE OF OUR LIVES
THAT, YOU KNOW, LOSSES, AND THE

LOSS OF HER SON.

>> THE LOSS OF YOUR MOTHER.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS AS IF THE TWO OF YOU
WERE HEALING SOMETHING BY

CONNECTING.

>> YEAH.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME UPSTAIRS

TOGETHER.

SHE SHOWED ME MANY THINGS, HIS
BOOKS, ALL THESE SPIRITUAL BOOKS.

>> WAS THERE A GUITAR INVOLVED?

>> YEAH, THERE WAS A GUITAR JUST
LAYING ON THE CARPET ON THE

FLOOR.
I GOT TO PLAY THAT IN THE JUNGLE

ROOM.
AND THAT WAS -- THAT WAS -- IT

WAS NOT ONLY THE GUITAR THAT HE
HAD FROM THE '50s THAT HE USED

AND ALL THOSE EARLY FILMS OF HIS.

>> FROM NOW ON, KID, YOU'RE NOT
BORROWING MY AX. HEY, SUZY.

>> THAT'S FOR YOU FROM TEX.

>> FROM HERE ON IN, YOU'RE
BUSTING YOUR OWN STRINGS.

>> AND THAT'S THE SAME GUITAR HE
PLAYS IN THE '70s, AS WELL.

WHEN YOU WATCH "THAT'S THE WAY
IT IS" AND YOU SEE HIM ON STAGE

IN VEGAS, THAT'S THE SAME GUITAR
HE WAS PLAYING SINCE THE '50s.

♪

>> IS YOUR LAST MEMORY OF LISA
MARIE THAT NIGHT OF CELEBRATION

AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES?

>> YEAH, THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE
SAW EACH OTHER.

>> I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL RIGHT
NOW.

>> WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT
THAT NIGHT THAT BRINGS A SMILE

TO YOUR FACE?

>> BEING ON STAGE AND GETTING TO
LOOK DOWN INTO HER EYES.

>> LISA MARIE, PRISCILLA, I LOVE
YOU FOREVER.

[ APPLAUSE ]

THERE'S MANY MEMORIES FROM THAT
NIGHT THAT MAKE ME SMILE.

>> YOU BROUGHT HER GREAT JOY.

>> I HOPE SO.

>> WOW.
IT IS AMAZING TO SEE JUST HOW

COMPOSED AUSTIN BUTLER HAS BEEN
THROUGHOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S

HAPPENED IN RECENT MONTHS.
THAT MOMENT WITH LISA MARIE ON

THE COUCH, JUST INCREDIBLY
POWERFUL. JUST 31 YEARS OLD.

THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE.

>> YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT VERY
EASILY.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
ROOTING FOR HIM.

WHICH LEAD ACTRESS ARE YOU
ROOTING FOR TO TAKE HOME AN

OSCAR TONIGHT?
A LOOK AT ALL FIVE PERFORMANCES

♪

♪ EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY

♪

>> YOU KNOW THAT IS MY JAM RIGHT
THERE.

I WAS FIST PUMPING OFF CAMERA.
THAT IS LADY GAGA'S OSCAR

NOMINATED SONG "HOLD MY HAND"
FROM "TOP GUN: MAVERICK."

AND WE ARE SHOWING YOU THAT
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE

GETTING SOME BREAKING NEWS AS WE
SPEAK.

>> WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT
LADY GAGA IS IN THE BUILDING.

SHE'S GOING TO BE PERFORMING ON
THE OSCAR STAGE TONIGHT.

>> AND WE KNOW RIHANNA'S GOING
TO PERFORM.

"NAATU NAATU" IS HAPPENIG.
SO VERY EXCITING STUFF, THAT

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT HERE FROM
THE CHAMPAGNE CARPET.

WE TURN NOW TO SOME TALENTED
ACTRESSES.

OF THE FIVE WOMEN NOMINATED FOR
BEST ACTRESS TONIGHT, THREE ARE

FIRST-TIME NOMINEES.
ONE OF THOSE, MICHELLE YEOH,

MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST
SOUTHEAST ASIAN WOMAN TO BE

NOMINATED IN THE LEAD ACTRESS
TERRITORY.

>> MANY ARE PREDICTING SHE WILL
WIN BUT FACES TOUGH COMPETITION.

HERE IS A REMINDER OF WHO IS
COMPETING FOR THE OSCAR IN THIS

CATEGORY.

♪

>> THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO

TELL YOU.

♪

>> THE THINGS THEY MAKE UP.
I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET

USED TO IT, BUT I JUST CAN'T.

>> I LOST EVERYTHING.
I FILED FOR BANS KRUPTCY.

SO YEAH, I LEFT HIM.

♪

>> YOU KNOW THE ONE WITH THE

CHEF, AND HE MAKES BAD FOOD.

AND THEN YOU CONTROL HIM AND HE
COOKS GOOD FOOD.

♪

>> WANT TO DANCE, YOU HAVE TO
SUBMY

SUBLIMATE YOURSELF, YOUR EGO.

ALL RIGHT.

>> SO MANY GREAT PERFORMANCES
THERE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT
DOWN WITH ONE OF THOSE TALENTED

NOMINEES, MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
THIS IS HER FIFTH OSCAR

NOMINATION, HONORED FOR PLAYING
STEVEN SPIELBERG'S REAL-LIFE

MOTHER IN "THE FABELMANS."

>> THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO
TELL YOU.

HE LOOKS LIKE ME THAT SOMEBODY

COULD BE WRONG --

COULD YOU CLIMB ON THE ROOF TO
ADJUST THE ANTENNA SO I CAN

WATCH CHANNEL? AND HE DOES.

>> IS THERE STILL THE SAME
EXCITEMENT EACH TIME?

>> MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.

>> HOW SO?

>> IT'S NOT EASY TO GET HERE.
AND TO SEE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW,

THAT YOU HAVE WORKED WITH BEFORE
AND TO SEAL LIKE THINGS ARE

RETURNING.
THERE'S THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU

BUILD WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVIE, AND
THEN THERE'S THE LARGER

COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST SO NICE TO BE UNITED

WITH PEOPLE AND BROUGHT BACK
TOGETHER.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE PRESSURE.
I'M ASSUMING TO PLAY STEVEN

SPIELBERG'S MOM.
HE OPENED UP THE VAULT FOR YOU,

WAS SHOWING YOU HOME VIDEOS AND
PICTURES.

WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE TO
REALLY MAKE THIS ROLE SAFE?

>> IT FELT LIKE PRESSURE FOR A
SECOND, UNTIL YOU REALIZE HE

LOVED HIS MOM.
HE'S MAKING THIS TO HONOR BOTH

OF HIS PARENTS, AND HE HANDS YOU
THE THIS WAS, HE'S JUST OPEN

LIKE THIS.
IT'S JUST POURING OUT OF HIM.

AND IT VERY QUICKLY GOES FROM
FEELING LIKE OH, GOSH, HOW AM I

GOING TO DO THIS, TO FEELING
EXCITED AND INSPIRED AND PART OF

HIS FAMILY.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A LOT

MORE NERVOUS THAN I WAS.
I WAS REALLY JUST EXCITED TO GO

TO WORK AND EXCITED TO MAKE HIS
MOM COME BACK TO LIFE.

>> HOW DID YOU CHANNEL YOUR OWN
MOTHERING INTO THE ROLE OF MISSY?

>> I THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT WHO
WAS THE MOTHER THAT MADE THESE

CHILDREN, THAT RAISED THESE
CHILDREN, THAT WENT OFF AND

LIVED THEIR INDIVIDUAL,
EXPRESSIVE, FULL ADULT LIVES?

THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WHO WAS SHE?

WHY ARE THEY STILL SO ENAMORED
WITH HER?

I THINK IT WAS SO MUCH ABOUT
THEIR CHILDHOOD, HER ACCEPTANCE

OF THEM, THE ATTENTION SHE GAVE
TO THEM.

I REALLY THINK SHE MAKES A BOLD
CHOICE IN THE FILM.

SHE MAKES A DECISION FOR HERSELF.
WHAT I THINK SHE DID IN THAT

MOMENT TROULY, WAS THAT BY
ALIGNING HERSELF WITH HER

PASSION AND DESIRE AND CHOOSING
TO LIVE SO BOLDLY, SO HONESTLY,

I THINK SHE GAVE HER CHILDREN
THE SAME ABILITY AS ADULTS.

>> SO BEAUTIFUL WHAT YOU MADE,
DARLING.

>> I THINK THEY SAW THEIR MOM DO
IT FIRST.

>> I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU WERE SO
SUCCESSFUL AT CREATING THIS

EMPATHETIC CHARACTER?
BECAUSE ON ITS FACE, WHEN WE

THINK OF OH, THIS MOM WAS HAVING
AN AFFAIR, AND SHE CHOSE THAT

LIFE AS ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS
SAYS, YOU'RE BEING SO SELFISH.

AND YET WE HAVE COMPASSION FOR
HER, AND I THINK THAT HAS A LOT

TO DO WITH THE DEPTH THAT YOU
POUR TRRTRAYED HER.

HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO
SUCCESSFULLY?

>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T THINK SHE WAS LIVING IN

TUNE WITH HERSELF.

>> THIS IS THE MOST SELFISH
THING I HAVE EVER DONE, BUT I'VE

GOT TO DO THIS NOW, BECAUSE,
SAMMY, YOU DO WHAT YOUR HEART

SAYS YOU HAVE TO.
SO YOU DON'T OWE ANYONE YOUR

LIFE. NOT EVEN ME.

>> SHE WAS SO ALIGNED.
SHE WAS AN ARTIST, A PIANO

PLAYER.
HER SPIRIT WAS SO EXUBERANT AND

SO EX-WIQUISITELY TUNED.
THEY ULTIMATELY KNEW SHE WAS

DOING WHAT SHE HAD TO DO.
WHILE IT MAY BE PAINFUL IN THE

MOMENT.

>> YOU TALKED TO CONGRESS ABOUT
PAY EQUITY, AND HOW PURPOSEFUL

AND MEANINGFUL THAT DAY WAS FOR
YOU.

WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE RIGHT
NOW WITH THAT IN HOLLYWOOD, AND

WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU
TO SPEAK OUT?

>> I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING
CALLED UPON.

I FELT LIKE I FOUND MYSELF IN
THE MIDDLE OF THIS MOMENT AND I

BETTER LEARN TO SPEAK UP.
AND I STEPPED INTO IT, AND IT

MAY BE THE THING I'M MOST PROUD
OF PROFESSIONALLY. I SEE A SHIFT.

I SEE A SHIFT BECAUSE I HEAR
THERE'S A SHIFT.

PEOPLE COME UP TO ME, MEN,
WOMEN, MEN WHO OWN BUSINESSES

AND SAY I REALIZED SOMETHING AND
I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I HEARD

YOUR EXAMPLE.
THAT'S WHEN I FEEL LIKE CHANGE

IS HAPPENING.

>> THE FIRST MOVIE THAT YOU SAW
THAT IMPACTED YOU?

>> "EMPIRE."

>> PERSON YOU'RE MOST LOOKING
FORWARD TO BUMPING INTO ON THE

RED CARPET?

>> PEOPLE I MADE THE MOVIE WITH.
WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH.

>> SUCH A GREAT CONVERSATION,
AND SHE WENT THERE TALKING ABOUT

PAY EQUITY, AS WELL.
SO WILL MICHELLE WILLIAMS SNAG

AN OSCAR ON HER FIFTH TRY?
JOINING US AGAIN TO HANDICAP THE

RACE, ELIZABETH AND CLAYTON.
CLAYTON, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

WHO WILL WIN, WHO SHOULD WIN,
AND POSSIBLE SURPRISE PICK.

>> LISTEN, THIS IS A TIGHT RACE
BETWEEN CATE BLANCHETT AND OUR

FIRST-TIME NOMINEE MICHELLE YEOH
WHO, AT 60, IS FINALLY GETTING

HER DUE.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOING TO

MAKE HISTORY.
IT'S MICHELLE YEOH, ALL DAY,

EVERY DAY.

>> DO YOU AGREE?

>> I DO AGREE THAT MICHELLE YEOH
SHOULD WIN, BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN A

RACE WITH CATE BLANCHETT, NOBODY
IS SAFE.

BUT MICHELLE YEOH, REALLY
HISTORY MAKING, SUCH A GREAT,

UNIQUE PERFORMANCE.
AND IT'S CRAZY THAT SHE'S NEVER

BEEN NOMINATED BEFORE.
I THINK SHE WILL BE ONE OF MANY

FROM THE TEAM OF "EVERYTHING
EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" THAT

WILL SWEEP TONIGHT.

>> AND SURPRISE PICKS?

>> ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO
WOULD BE A SHOCKER.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE TWO
FOR SURE.

AND CATE BLANCHETT WILL ONLY BE
THE THIRD PERSON TO WIN THREE

OSCARS.

>> AND DO IT IN JUST 18 YEARS,
THE FASTEST.

>> WE'LL CHAT WITH YOU MORE
LATER ON.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMING UP ON
OUR COUNTDOWN TO THE 95th ANNUAL

ACADEMY AWARDS.
WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL SHOW YOU

SOME OF THE EARLIEST ROLES
TONIGHT'S BEST SUPPORTING ACTORS

TOOK WHEN STARTING OUT.

>> AND CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ACTOR
GAVE A HAUNTING PERFORMANCE AS

COUNT DRACULA?
THE ANSWER COMING UP.

♪

>>> BE PATIENT.
THERE'S A LOT WITH WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S A LOT OF TRAINING AND
WORK THAT GOES INTO IT.

BUT IT'S SO SATISFYING.
EACH SET THAT YOU BUILD, IT'S UP

FOR A WEEK, A DAY, AND THEN IT'S
GONE.

IT'S THERE, IT'S PHOTOGRAPHED,
ON FILM FOREVER.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
SATISFYING THINGS.

>> WE WERE CERTAINLY HONORED TO
SIT DOWN WITH MANY OF THOSE

TECHNICIANS AT THE OSCARS
LUNCHEON.

>> YEP.
AND THROUGH THE YEARS, THE

ACADEMY HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN
HONORING AS MANY OF THE CRAFTS

AWARDS ON THE MAIN OSCARS BROAD
CAST EVERY YEAR, AND TONIGHT

WILL BE NO DIFFERENT.

>> FOR NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TURN

TO THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

>> THEY CAN ALL RELATE TO THE
FEELING OF TRYING TO GET NOTICED

EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS.
FOR SOME, LIKE KE HUY QUAN, A

SUCCESSFUL ADULT CAREER DID NOT
COME EASY AFTER SUCCESS AS A

CHILD ACTOR.

AL HERE IS A LOOK AT THE BEST
SUPPORTING ACTORS.

>> WERE YOU NOT PAYING ATTENTION
BEFORE?

>> OF COURSE.
YOU'RE JUST VERY BAD AT IT.

>> KE HUY QUAN HAS BEEN LIVING A
CINDERELLA STORY THIS AWARDS

SEASON, WITH THE CLAIM FOR HIS
PORTRAYAL IN "EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE."

>> I'M NOT THE WANG WHO WANTS TO
DIVORCE YOU, I'M THE WANG SAVING

YOUR LIFE.
YOU CAN EITHER COME UP TO ME AND

LIVE UP TO YOUR POTENTIAL OR
STAY HERE AND LIVE WITH THE

CONSEQUENCES.

>> PUT ME DOWN!

>> HE WASN'T EVEN A TEENAGER
WHEN STEVEN SPIELBERG CAST HIM

IN HIS FIRST ROLE EVER AS SHORT
ROUND.

>> SHORT ROUND, STEP ON IT!

>> OHOKIE DOAKY.

>> IN INDIANA JONES AND THE
TEMPLE OF DOOM" IN 1984.

CONTINUING HIS ADVENTURING AS A
CHILD ACTOR IN "THE GOONIES."

>> THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE NOT
HERE. AHHH!

>> HE'S A BRAINIAC TRYING TO FIT
IN ON THE SMALL SCREEN IN "HEAD

OF THE CLASS."

>> TUSKIN AND COMPOSITE.

>> CORRECT.

>> I'M READY NOW.
BRING THEM ON.

>> AND CROSSING PATHS WITH
FELLOW NOMINEE BRENDAN FRASER IN

THE COMEDY "ENCINO MAN."

>> THE COMPUTER CLUB FEELS YOUR
PRESENCE WILL BE A VALUABLE

ASSET TO OUR ORGANIZATION.

>> COMPUTER CLUB, COMPUTER CLUB.

>> OH, BOY.

>> WHO COULD END UP ON THAT
OSCAR STAGE TONIGHT.

BARRY KEOGHAN IS NOMINATED FOR
PLAYING A TROUBLED YOUNG MAN IN

"THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN."

>> THERE'S SO MUCH WE HAVE IN
COMMON.

JUST MAKES ME WANT TO ASK YOU
EVEN MORE.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN
COMMON.

>> DON'T SKIP AHEAD.

>> ALSO, A CHILD ACTOR, MANY OF
HIS ROLES WERE AS TROUBLED TEENS

LIKE THIS ONE ON THE IRISH CRIME
SHOW "JACK TAYLOR."

>> WE KEEP STEALING THEM, SO
WE'RE SORRY.

>> CONTEMPLATING ABOUT SCHOOL IN
"STAY."

>> MOST OF THE STUFF YOU TEACH
YOU WILL BE OUTDATED BY THE TIME

I LEAVE.
IF IT'S REALLY THAT IMPORTANT, I

CAN ALWAYS JUST GOOGLE IT.

>> IN HIS ROLE IN "THE KILLING
OF A SACRED DEER" ALSO STARRING

COLIN FARRELL.

>> IT'S JUST LIKE YOU THINK, YOU
HAVE TO KILL A MEMBER OF YOUR

FAMILY TO BALANCE THINGS OUT.

>> AND DELIVERING PIECES IN
"LIFE'S A BREEZE."

>> EXCUSE ME?
IT'S A FAMILY MATTER, OKAY?

>> CAN YOU WAIT IN THE HALL,
PLEASE?

>> YEAH, OKAY. SORRY.

>> COLIN FARRELL'S BEST FRIEND
IN "THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN,"

BRENDAN GLEESON IS STRONG WILLED
IN HIS RESOLVE TO PART WAYS.

>> PLEASE, DON'T TALK TO ME TO
MORE.

>> IN "BRAVEHART" WITH MEL

GIBSON, HE'S JUST CRAZY STRONG.

BACK IN 1991, HE PLAYS THE IRISH
REVOLUTIONARY MICHAEL COLLINS,

FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE.

>> I MADE THEM FEAR FOR THEIR
LIVES.

I ADMIT, I'M NO BRAIN SCIENTIST,
BUT THERE'S NO WAY A CROCODILE

CAN BE IN MAINE.

>> BUT IT MAY HAVE TAKEN ALL HIS
STRENGTH NOT TO LAUGH WHEN

PLAYING THIS SHERIFF, TRYING TO
SAVE HIS COMMUNITY FROM A

VICIOUS REPTILE IN "LAKE PLACID."
BRIAN TYREE HENRY IS NOMINATED

FOR HIS ROLE IN "CAUSEWAY."

PLAYING A SECURITY GUARD ON "LAW
& ORDER."

>> LANDLORD PUT THEM UP THERE,
MOSTLY FOR SHOW.

>> A MAN WRONGLY CAUSED OF
MURDER IN "THE GOOD WIFE."

>> A YEAR AGO, I CAME HOME TO
FIND MY WIFE STABBED, A WIFE I

LOVED.

>> AND HE'S A DEFENSE ATTORNEY
ON "HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER."

>> MY CLIENT HAS AGREED TO THIS
RECORDING WHO WISHES TO SHOW

REMORSE PRIOR TO SENTENCING.

>> AND HERE HE IS AS THE GENERAL
IN BREDWAY'S LONG-RUNNING HIT

SHOW "THE BOOK OF MORMON" FROM
THE 2011 TONY AWARDS.

JUDD HIRSH IS NOMINATED FOR HIS
ROLE IN STEVEN SPIELBERG'S "THE

FABELMANS."

>> HOLLYWOOD?

IT'S HAIMISH WITH DOUG LAS
FAIRBANKS. SOY WENT.

>> RISING TO PROMINENCE FOR HIS
ENDEARING PORTRAYAL OF ALEX

EAGER ON "TAXI" WHICH DEBUTED IN
1978.

HE'S A COP GUARDING AL PACINO IN
A TINY ROLE IN ONE OF MISFIRST

FILMS, 1973'S "SERPICO."

IN "THE LEGEND OF VALENTINO," HE
PLAYS A CASTING DIRECTOR.

>> THE WHOLE WORLD'S GONE CRAZY
BECAUSE IT FOUND OUT PICTURES

CAN MOVE AND IT'S RAINING MONEY
ALL OVER HOLLYWOOD.

GRAB A BUCKET. GET ALL YOU CAN.

>> BUT OUR GREATEST DISCOVERY IS
POSSIBLY SOMETHING HE NEVER

WANTED ON EARTH.

>> COME ON.

>> YES, THAT'S JUDD HIRSH,
STARRING AS THE DISCO LOVING

COUNT DRACULA IN THE HALLOWEEN
THAT ALMOST WASN'T.

>> ONE OF THESE DAYS, I WISH I
WAS DEAD AND STAY DEAD.

>> I'VE GOT TO SAY, ALL THE
FASHION AND FAME AROUND US IS

FUN.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE

PARTS, JUST SEEING HOW EVERYBODY
GOT THERE, ESPECIALLY COUNT

DRACULA.

>>> COMING UP, WE LOOK AT THE
POWER OF THE SEQUEL.

>> THESE ARE A COUPLE OF MY
FAVORITES THIS SEASON, WHETHER

IT'S A RETURN TO THE SKIES WITH
MAVERICK OR A JOURNEY INTO THE

WATER WITH AVATAR.
WHY HOLLYWOOD IS REVISITING

FAMILIAR FACES AND PLACES.

>>> HEY, FOLKS, WE ARE BACK HERE
IN HOLLYWOOD.

IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE, THIS
CARPET WILL BE SHOULDER TO

SHOULDER WITH ALL THE NOMINEES
THE RED CARPET IS ACTUALLY

CHAMPAGNE THIS YEAR.
THE ACADEMY JUST FELT THE

COMBINATION OF A LIGHTER COLORED
CARPET WITH THE RED DRAPES

LOOKED GOOD.

>> YEAH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO A

TOPIC THAT'S PARAMOUNT FOR
HOLLYWOOD SURVIVAL, SUCCESS AT

THE BOX OFFICE.
HOLLYWOOD TOOK A BIG HIT DURING

THE PANDEMIC WITH SO MANY
THEATERS CLOSING AND PRODUCTIONS

CANCELED OR DELAYED.
BUT THIS YEAR, WE'RE SEEING THE

TRUE POWER OF A FILM INDUSTRY
RECOVERING FROM THOSE SETBACKS.

RECORD BOX OFFICE NUMBERS IN
2022 HAVE PEOPLE FEELING BETTER

ABOUT 2023.

>> THIS YEAR'S BEST PICTURE
NOMINEES HAVE GROSSED ABOUT $4

BILLION AT THE GLOBAL BOX
OFFICE, LED BY "AVATAR: THE WAY

OF WATER" AND "TOP GUN:
MAVERICK."

THAT'S THE HIGHEST COMBINED FILM
REVENUE SINCE 2010.

KELLY CARTER IS BACK WITH US TO
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT'S

FUELLING THAT SUCCESS. KELLY?

>> YEAH, SEQUELS CAN BE GAME
CHANGERS.

AND HOW THEY'RE MADE CAN BE EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHEN THEY'RE

MADE.
HOLLYWOOD IS CERTAINLY TAKING

NOTE OF THE POWER OF THE SEQUEL.
TAKE A LOOK.

OUR SEQUELS HOLLYWOOD'S NOT SO
SECRET WEAPON?

HISTORY TELLS US THEY MIGHT BE
THE KEY TO BOX OFFICE, AND EVEN

OSCAR GOLD.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHOW
BUSINESS.

WELL, THE SEQUEL IS A SHOW THAT
IS MADE FOR BUSINESS REASONS.

IT HAS A BUILT-IN AUDIENCE.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOVED THE

FIRST MOVIE ARE GOING TO PAY THE
SECOND.

>> MOVIES GIVE YOU A GOOD FEEL.
SO THE REASON WHY SEQUELS ARE SO

IMPORTANT, WE WANT TO RELIVE NOT
ONLY THE MANIC OF THE MOVIE, BUT

THE MAGIC OF THE MOMENT WE WERE
IN WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE.

>> JUST LOOK AT "THE BRIDE OF
FRA FRANKENSTEIN" IN 1935.

THE SEQUEL HAILED AS A
MASTERPIECE AFTER FOLLOWING THE

ORIGINAL FRANKENSTEIN.
"THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE

UGLY" ANOTHER SEQUEL IN 1966, SO
SUCCESSFUL IT MADE AN

INTERNATIONAL STAR OF THIS GUY.

♪

>> TALK TO ME, HUDSON.

>> FAST FORWARD 20 YEARS TO
1986.

FINDING ITS PLACE AS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS WORD WILD

AND WENT ON TO WIN TWO ACADEMY
AWARDING.

"THE GOD FATHER 2" SEQUEL.

>> IT'S A MOVIE THAT SOME PREFER
TO THE ORIGINAL.

THAT IS THE RAREST OF ALL MOVIES
IN HOLLYWOOD, THE SEQUEL THAT

CAN BE ARGUABLY BETTER THAN THE
FIRST.

>> AND "STAR WARS" EPISODE FIVE.
THAT EPIC BLOCKBUSTER GARNERED

TWO OSCARS.

>> GOOD MORNING, AVIATORS.
THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING.

>> "TOP GUN" AND "AVATAR: THE
WAY OF WATER," YOU NEED TO SEE

IT ON A BIG SCREEN.
THESE ARE SEQUELS WITH A LARGER

PURPOSE, THAT DREW PEOPLE BACK

TO THEATERS AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

>> YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT SEQUELS
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT "ROCKY."

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC
SEQUELS OF MOVIE FRANCHISE

HISTORY.
SO MANY THINGS, THERE THE FIGHT

SCENES TO THE ICONIC PHILLY
STEPS TO "EYE OF THE TIGER."

EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT SONG I
THINK ABOUT "ROCKY" AND NOW WE

HAVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE
SEQUELS WITH W"CREED" WITH

MICHAEL B. JORDAN MAKING HIS

EDITORIAL DEBUT WITH "CREED III."

>> AND "BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA
FOREVER," EARNING FIVE OSCAR

NODS.

>> IT DEFEATED THIS TROPE THAT A
BLACK-LED CAST COULDN'T CARRY

THE BOX OFFICE GLOBALLY.
WELL, "BLACK PANTHER" PROVED IT

TO BE WRONG FOR ANY OTHER STUDIO
THAT IS THINKING OR NOT THINKING

ABOUT GREEN LIGHTING A BLACK
ENSEMBLE, BECAUSE THAT TROPE NO

LONGER EXISTS WHY THEY DIDN'T
GREEN LIGHT IT.

SO THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF IT,
THERE WAS THIS BRILLIANT FILM

MAKING.

>> IN ALL, MORE THAN A DOZEN
MOVIE SEQUELS HIT THE BIG SCREEN

IN 2022, AND DELIVERED BIG-TIME.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WE'RE STILL

LONGING TO SEE?

>> HEY, YOU GUYS! JUST HOW CRAZYH

ASIANS NOW?
KEEP THEM COMING, HOLLYWOOD.

WE WANT MORE.

>> IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE,
YOU DO NOW.

THERE IS POWER IN THE SEQUEL,
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A GREAT

FILM WITH ALMOST AS BIG A NAME
WILL GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE A

SEQUEL IN THE MAKING BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE

MONEY TO BE MADE.

>> I'M ALL ABOUT THE SEQUEL.
ALL RIGHT, KELLY, MAYBE ANOTHER

"GOONIES," I COULD BE UP FOR
THAT, TOO.

COMING UP HERE, WE GO FROM THE
BOX OFFICE HITS TO THE BIGGEST

WINNERS, WE WILL TELL YOU WHO IS

>>> WELCOME BACK.
YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THIS

YEAR'S CHAMPAGNE COLORED OSCARS
ARRIVAL CARPET.

WE'RE STILL GETTING USED TO
SAYING THAT, BUT THE PICTURES

ARE LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
WHILE THE NOMINEES AND

PRESENTERS WILL BE LINED UP IN
FRONT OF DOZENS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD.

>> YOU SEE REPORTERS FROM AS FAR

AWAY AS EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, ASIA
BROADCASTING LIVE BACK HOME.

MANY OF THOSE FANS ARE ALL ABOUT
THE FASHION, WHICH BRINGS US TO

OUR STYLE EXPERT.
SO LET'S TAULK ABOUT WHO THE

WINNERS IN PASSION, OTHER THAN
WHIT JOHNSON.

>> I'M GIVING YOU FASHION LINGO
HERE.

>> IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
FASHION WINNERS, I HAVE TO GIVE

A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO MICHELLE
YEOH FOR MANY REASONS.

SHE'S BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES
WITH HER NOMINATION AND BEING A

FRONT-RUNNER TO TAKE HOME THE
GOLDEN GUY TONIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE SEEN ON THIS ENTIRE
AWARD CIRCUIT, THAT SHE'S DONE

INCREDIBLE STYLE BY PROVING YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE YOUNG TO BREAK

THROUGH.
WE ALWAYS HEARD PEOPLE SAY 50

AND FABULOUS.
HOW ABOUT SMOLDERING AND 60.

SHE'S REALLY DOING THOSE
MOMENTS, SHE'S BEEN DARING,

HASN'T BEEN PREDICTABLE OR
BORING.

AND SOMETIMES THOSE ICONIC
MOMENTS, WHEN THEY WIN, THE

DRESS BECOMES AS ICONIC.

WE HEAR HALLE BARRY.

OR JEVEN JULIA ROBERTS.

>> THEN WE'LL SEW A LOT OF THE
KNOCKOFFS.

>> ALWAYS, ALWAYS.

>> WHO ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT AS
FAR AS A BREAKOUT FASHION EXPERT

TONIGHT?

>> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF BREAKOUT
STARS.

I LOVE STEPHANIE HSU FROM

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE."

>> IT'S LIKE SHOPPING YOUR
CLOSET, SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A

POINT --

>> SUSTAINABILITY.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> AND JEN ORTEGA.
FLORENCE, WHO WAS RECENTLY AT

THE VALENTINO SHOW IN PARIS AND
THE PAPARAZZI WENT CRAZY FOR HER.

THEY ARE GETTING THEIR BILLING,
AS WELL.

>> AND SINCE YOU'VE BEEN WALKING
ME THROUGH THIS, LET'S TALK

ABOUT THE FELLOWS.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TODAY?

>> THE GUYS ALWAYS GET THE SHORT
END OF THE STICK. NO MORE.

ONCE UPON A TIME GEORGE CLOONEY
WOULD SAY, I JUST GOT MY TUXEDO

3 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW.
NOW THEY'RE SITTING DOWN WITH

STYLISTS MONTHS IN ADVANCE,
DESIGNING WHAT THEY WANT TO WEAR.

TIMOTHY HAS BROKEN BROGROUND TO

WHAT MEN CAN BE DRESSED LIKE ON
THE RED CARPET.

>> I WAS GOING TO WEAR THAT
TODAY.

>> MICHAEL B. JORDAN IS
PRESENTING TONIGHT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT HE'S
WEARING.

BRIAN TYREE HENRY WHO HAS BEEN
GREAT WITH ACCESSORIES THIS

SEASON.
AND HE'S REALLY PUSHING THE

BOUNDARIES, IN A TUXEDO JUMP
SUIT.

OF COURSING AUSTIN BUTLER IS,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY A SUPERMODEL

AT THIS POINT.
AND PAUL MESCAL, WHO I ALSO LOVE.

>> SHOULD WE GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO
ANDRE IN BROOKLYN?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.
BESPOKE FASHIONS, ANDRE WOMACK,

THANK YOU FOR THE TUXEDO.
I SHOP LOCAL. THANK YOU, JOE.

>> THANKS, JOE.

>>> COMING UP NEXT, THE EARLY

ROLES THAT GOT THE ACTORS FIRST
NOTICED, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE

TEENAGER YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE?
HERE IS A HINT.

NOTICE THE GUITAR IN HIS HANDS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪

>>> AS WE CONTINUE OUR COUNTDOWN
TO TONIGHT'S AWARDS, WE TURN TO

THE FIVE TALENTED ARTISTS VYING
FOR THE BEST ACTOR OSCAR.

ALL FIVE IN THIS CATEGORY ARE
FIRST-TIME NOMINEES, SO FOR

THEM, THIS IS KIND OF A COMING
OUT PARTY.

BUT THEIR PATH TO THE OSCARS WAS
ANYTHING BUT DIRECT.

HERE THEY ARE LONG BEFORE THEY
WERE IN THE OSCAR SPOTLIGHT.

>> SHE WASN'T TRYING TO HURT
HIM, SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP HIM.

>> BRENDAN FRASER IS RIDING A
CAREER HIGH FOR HIS NOMINATION

FOR "THE WHALE."

>> DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING
THAT PEOPLE ARE INCAPABLE OF NOT

CARING?

>> NOT SO CELEBRATED, HIS ROLE
AS THE CLINICAL TRIAL PATIENT -

CANDY" 1996.

>> MY FACE TELLS ME IT'S SUGAR.

>> HE PLAYS SAILOR NUMBER TWO IN
THIS EARLY FILM "DOGFIGHT"

BEFORE FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM IN
HIS BREAKOUT RULE "SCHOOL TIES"

IN 1992.

>> YOU PEOPLE ARE VERY
DETERMINED, AREN'T YOU?

>> SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE, SIR.

>> WITH A SUPPORTING CAST THAT
INCLUDED MATT DAMON, BEN AFFLECK

AND CHRIS O'DONNELL.

>> FIND IF I ASK, HOW DID YOU
WIND UP HERE?

>> FOR THE FANS, HE'LL ALWAYS BE
"ENCINO MAN."

>> I'LL BE BACK.

>> AND REUNITING WITH PAULEY
SHORE FOR THIS CAMEO IN

"SON-IN-LAW."

>> YOU WORE A COSTUME.

>> OH, GROSS!

>> PAUL MESCAL IS NOMINATED FOR
PLAYING A DAD NAVIGATING HIS

DAUGHTER'S TEENAGE YEARS IN
"AFTERSUN."

>> I LOVE TO DANCE.

>> HE'S A CABANA BOY IN "THE
LOST DAUGHTER."

AND CHECK THIS OUT.

♪

THAT'S PAUL IN THE ROLLING
STONE'S OFFICIAL VIDEO OF THEIR

SONG "SCARLET."

♪

>> BILL NIGHY IS NOMINATED FOR

PLAYING A DYING MAN IN "LIVING."

>> IF ONLY TO BE ALIVE LIKE THAT
FOR ONE DAY.

>> WE REMEMBER HIM AS BILLY MAC
FROM "LOVE ACTUALLY."

TURNS OUT HE HAD PRACTICE FOR
THE ROLE YEARS EARLIER IN 1998'S

"STILL CRAZY."

♪

♪ WALKING FROM THE GATES OF

EDEN, I COULD HEAR THE SOUNDS OF
FREEDOM ♪

>> IN "BLOW DRY" HE WAS A HAIR
DRESSER IN A RUTHLESS

COMPETITION.

>> THE COMPETITION HAS STARTED.

>> AND JUST LOOK AT HIM AS DIANE
KEATON'S ACTING BUDDY FROM "THE

LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL" IN 1984.

>> WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?

>> COLIN FARRELL DISCOVERS WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO LOSE A FRIEND IN

"THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN."

>> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU USED TO BE?

>> NO, WHAT DID I USED TO BE?

>> NICE.
YOU USED TO BE NICE!

>> ON "SCRUBS," GIVING LIFE
LESSONS.

>> YOU HAVE TO GET OUT ON THE
STREETS AND TALK TO A STRANGER,

DRINK A BEER WITH BREAKFAST.
TAKE THE UGLIEST GIRL HOME.

>> AND IN HIS FIRST APPEARANCE,
HE'S WATCHING WITH HIS BUDYS IN

1995.
AND JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO,

BREAKING HEARTS IN "FALLING FOR
A DANCER."

>> CARE TO DANCE?

>> OH, WELL.

>> AUSTIN BUTLER CAPTIVATES AS
ELVIS.

♪

JUST LIKE ELVIS, BUTLER GOT HIS
START AS A HEARTTHROB.

>> HI, I'M LUCAS' COUSIN, DEREK.

>> YES, YOU ARE.

>> HIS FIRST TV ROLE ON "HANNA
MONTANA" IN 2006.

>> IT'S JUST A MOVIE, IT'S JUST
A MOVIE.

>> WE'RE SAFE.

>> IT'S IRONIC NOW THAT ON
I-CARLY, HE PLAYED A SINGER WHO

COULDN'T CARRY A TUNE.

♪ YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL, I NEED

THE WORLD TO SEE ♪

>> HOW'S THAT?

>> AND WHILE GATHERING PHRASE
FOR MASTERING THE VOICE OF THE

KING --

>> THIS IS SOMETHING I AIN'T
NEVER SAID TO NOBODY BEFORE, I

BELIEVE I CAN BE GREAT, TOO.

>> WE LOVE EVEN MORE HIS ATTEMPT
AT THIS CANADIAN ACCENT IN KEVIN

SMITH'S "YOGA HOSERS, HEY."

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HE'S SUCH A SITCOM.

I GUESS I GOT A LITTLE CARRIED
AWAY THERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> SO IS HE GOING WITH COMEDY
WITH THAT CANADIAN ACCENT?

>> NOT SURE ON THAT ONE.
MORE ELVIS THAN THAT ONE.

>> I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM
IF WE SEE HIM LATER ON.

>> WE ARE ALSO GETTING CLOSER TO
SEEING THE NOMINEES LIVE ON THE

CARP NET A COUPLE OF HOURS.
FOUR OF THEM IN THE ACTING

CATEGORIES COME FROM THE SAME
MOVIE, AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING FOR

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE," WHICH SNAGGED A TOTAL OF

11 NOMINATIONS.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE MOVIE'S

DIRECTORS, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> AND THE STARS ARE ARRIVING
ON THE CHAMPAGNE CARPET.

THAT'S LAVERN COX JUST ARRIVING
AND LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

>> WE'RE GETTING THE PICTURES
TAKEN.

>> THEY HAVE A WIND MACHINE.

>> THEY HAVE IT ALL GOING ON OUT
HERE.

CLOSER TO THIS YEAR'S CEREMONY
OF THE 20 ACTING NOMINEES, WE'RE

GETTING CLOSER TO THAT TONIGHT.
FOUR ARE OF ASIAN DESCENT.

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
THREE OF THOSE NOMINEES ARE FROM

A FILM THAT MAY TAKE HOME THE
PRIZE TONIGHT, THE BEST PICTURE.

>> THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH BUZZ
ABOUT "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL

AT ONCE."
IT'S THE MOST NOMINATED FILM OF

THE YEAR WITH 11 NOMINATIONS

TONIGHT, INCLUDING BEST DIRECTOR

FOR DANIEL KWAN AND DANIEL
SCHEINERT.

TH DIRECTOR'S FAVORITE GO-TO
KARAOKE SONG IS "TORN."

>> WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO

ENTERTAIN ME BY BELTING OUT
"TORN?"

>> THAT'S MORE OF YOUR KARAOKE
SONG.

♪

♪ THIS IS HOW I FEEL

♪ LYING NAKED

>> IS THIS YOUR GO-TO FIRST
QUESTION?

>> PRETTY MUCH.
CATE BLANCHETT JUST STARED AT ME

WHEN I ASKED HER THAT.
SO YOU GUYS MET AS COUNSELORS AT

A CAMP?

>> WE MET IN SCHOOL, THEN WE GOT
A SUMMER JOB AS LIKE PAs AT A

FILM SUMMER CAMP.
OUR JOB WAS TO SUPERVISE KIDS

WHILE THEY MADE SHORT FILMS.
WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAKE

INCREASINGLY STRANGE AND MILDLY
DANGEROUS SHORT FILMS AND GET

PAID FOR IT.

>> IT WAS THE BEST JOB.
WE WERE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME

WITH THESE KIDS THAT WE GOT JELL
LOSS.

ONE DAY AFTER WORK, IT WAS LIKE
2:00 IN THE MORNING.

THE FIRST THING WE MADE TOGETHER
WE PUT ONLINE AND THAT IS HOW

EVERYTHING STARTED.
IT WAS JUST US PLAYING AROUND.

>> PLAYING AROUND ON A SWING
SET.

YOU DESCRIBED YOURSELVES AS HYPE
MEN WHEN IT COMES TO BEING

DIRECTORS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY

THAT?

>> I FEEL LIKE I'M A CHEERLEADER
AT TIMES.

>> THAT'S HIS SUPERPOWER.

>> I JUST LOVE TO CURATE PEOPLE
WHEN THEY'RE TALENTED.

WE MET OFFICIAL AND WE COULD
TELL THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO

MICHELLE YEOH.
SO THAT CAME THE FUN, JUST TO

REMIND HER HOW FUNNY AND

VULNERABLE AND STRANGE SHE IS.

>> WHAT THE?

>> LIKE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE

THIS CHARACTER SO UNIQUE.

>> WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU TO
SEE MICHELLE YEOH IN THAT

INTERVIEW SHE DID WITH "GQ"
RESPOND SO EMOTIONALLY TO WHAT

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, TO BEING
SEEN IN A WAY SHE HAD NEVER BEEN

SEEN BEFORE?

>> THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR, FOR A LONG TIME,

THAT'S GOING TO GIVE ME THE

OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW MY FANS, MY
FAMILY, MY AUDIENCE, WHAT I'M

CAPABLE OF.

>> IT WAS SO POWERFUL.
IT MADE ME CRY, AND PART OF ME

WAS LIKE, WHY DIDN'T SHE EVER
SAY THAT TO MY FACE?

>> MICHELLE HAS BEEN IN THIS
INDUSTRY A LONG TIME, SO BECAUSE

OF THAT, SHE'S HAD TO BE GUARDED.
HE EVEN TOLD US THAT.

HOLLYWOOD, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT
YOURSELF.

I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR HER,
FOR BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS

INDUSTRY FOR THE DECADES THAT
SHE'S BEEN WORKING.

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T EVEN FIND
OUT UNTIL AFTER WE FINISHED

SHOOTING THE MOVIE, THIS WAS THE
FIRST TIME SHE WAS AT THE TOP OF

THE CALL SHEET IN HOLLYWOOD.
THE FIRST TIME SHE WAS THE STAR

OF A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION, EVEN
THOUGH INTERNATIONALLY SHE'S AN

ICON.P>> YOU HAVE SO MUCH GOING.
IT'S SO CREATIVE AN INVENTIVE

AND SO MUCH OF THE MOMENT.
YET AT ITS HEART, IT'S SUCH A

POWERFUL, INTIMATE FAMILY STORY.
HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO SUSTAIN

BOTH OF THOSE QUALITIES WHILE
MAKING IT, AND THEN EDITING IT?

>> I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE
WHOLE POINT WE DECIDED TO DIVE

INTO THIS MOVIE.
WE WANTED TO REFLECT THE CHAOS

OF MODERN LIFE.

>> WAIT, WAIT, NO TIME TO WAIT.

>> AND ALMOST TEACH OURSELVES
HOW WE COULD SURVIVE IN IT, HOW

WE COULD THRIVE IN IT.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT, THAT

WAS THE PRIORITY, RIGHT NEXT TO
THE CHAOS.

CAN THESE TWO THINGS CO-EXIST,
CAN THE SMALL, FAMILY DRAMA

STILL SHINE THROUGH?
IF IT CAN MANAGE TO PULL THAT

OFF, MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT IN OUR
OWN LIVES.

HAVING THIS CAST PORTRAY THAT
FAMILY IS WHAT PUSHES IT OVER

THE EDGE.

>> STOP.

>> OUCH! HI, DAD.

>> AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL
WIN OR NOT, BUT "EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" WOULD BE
THE IDEAL BEST PICTURE FOR A

REINVIGORATED ACADEMY EAGER TO
ATTRACT A YOUNGER AUDIENCE OF

FANS. IT'S MADE BY ON THE RISE
DIRECTORS WHO SCORED TEN YEARS

AGO WITH THE "TURN DOWN FOR
WHAT" MUSIC VIDEO.

IT LIVES IN THE MULTIVERSE, AND
IT'S LIFTED UP AT LEAST THREE

ABSOLUTELY BELOVED ACTOR'S
CAREERS TO GLORIOUS NEW HEIGHTS

AND HAPPINESS.
AND IT WAS A BOX OFFICE HIT, TOO.

SO WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE OR ROOT
FOR? LINSEY?

>> THEY WENT TO THE CHAMPAGNE
CARPET OF HOLLYWOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE

ROOTING FOR THIS MOVIE.
IT WILL BE AN EXCITING NIGHT FOR

THAT TEAM. STAY TUNED.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE AHEAD TO THE

COUNTDOWN OF THE 95th ANNUAL
ACADEMY AWARDS.

WHEN WE RETURN, WE REMEMBER THE
MOST ICONIC MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

IN OSCARS HISTORY, INCLUDE THING
HIT FROM CELINE DION.

♪

>>> JUST GET TRAINED.
JUST TRAIN, TRAIN AS MUCH AS YOU

CAN.
IT'S VERY HARD NOW TO GET THE

TYPE OF TRAINING I HAD, WHICH I
APPRENTICED AT THE BBC, I WENT

TO COLLEGE FOR THREE YEARS, FIVE
YEARS BEFORE I WAS IN FRONT OF A

CAMERA.
IT'S HARD TO GET THAT NOW.

BUT GET AS MUCH TRAINING AS YOU
POSSIBLY CAN, AND REALLY EXPAND

YOUR SKILLS.

>> THOSE APPRENTICESHIPS PAY
OFF.

WE ARE BACK LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE
DOLBY THEATRE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD,

COUNTING DOWN TO TONIGHT'S
ACADEMY AWARDS, WHICH WILL

FEATURE LIVE APPEARANCES FROM
SEVERAL OF THE BIGGEST STARS

LIKE DWAYNE JOHNSON, RIHANNA,
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, LADY GAGA,

AND ONE NAME THAT'S BEEN
MENTIONED THAT EVERYBODY IS

EXCITED ABOUT, MAVERICK HIMSELF,
TOM CRUISE.

OF COURSE, HE'S CREDITED AS ONE
OF THE PRODUCERS OF "TOP GUN:

MAVERICK."
IF THEY WIN, HE WILL GO UP ON

THE STAGE WITH THE TEAM TO
ACCEPT.

>> IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO
MEET ALL OF THE ACTORS AND

FILMMAKERS NOMINATED TONIGHT.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

SEEING THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
TONIGHT.

SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS ARE
NOMINATED THIS YEAR.

WHO KNOWS WHICH WILL GO FROM
MUSIC ICON TO OSCAR ICON?

AND THERE IS SUCH A RICH HISTORY
OF BLOCKBUSTER PERFORMANCES ON

THE OSCARS.
SO WE ASKED CHRIS CONLEY TO OPEN

UP THE VAULT FOR US.

>> NOTHING FIRES UP THE OSCAR
AUDIENCE LIKE LIVE MUSIC

PERFORMED INSIDE THE DOLBY DOES.
LAST YEAR'S RETURN OF THE BEST

ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES GETTING
PLAYED

PLAYED, THERE'S SURE TO BE MORE
IN STORE.

TO ADD TO THE LIST OF SUPERSTAR
PERFORMANCES.

♪ IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE ALIVE

>> AFTER THE RELEGATION TO THE
PRESHOW IN 2021, THE BEST

ORIGINAL SONG PERFORMANCES IN
2022 SHOWCASED WHAT A DIFFERENCE

A POP STAR CAN MAKE.

>> I WANTED TO HAVE ALL OF THE
NOMINEES FOR ORIGINAL SONG TO

PERFORM.
TO ME, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE

OSCARS.
IT GOES PART AND PARCEL WITH THE

CELEBRATION OF THE MOVIES.

>> FROM BEYONCE HONORING SERENA

AND SVENUS --

♪

>> BILLIE EILISH'S HEART
POUNDING BALLAD, BY THE YOUNGEST

ARTIST TO EVER DO ONE.

♪

>> YEAR AFTER YEAR, ONLY THE
ACADEMY AWARDS CAN BRING OUT THE

BIGGEST SUPERSTARS IN MUSIC JUST
WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR VERY

HOTTEST, FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES
THAT ENDURE.

♪

>> ONE OF BARBRA STREISAND'S TWO
OSCARS, FROM THE 1976 VERSION OF

"A STAR IS BORN."
THE FILM SHE ONCE WOULD CO-STAR

ELVIS PRESLEY.
TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS THE GREAT

DONNA SUMMER, PERFORMING THE

GRAMMY, GOLDEN CLUB AND KACADEM

AWARD WINNING SONG "THANK GOD
IT'S FRIDAY."

♪

1991, MADONNA SERVED UP
HOLLYWOOD GLAM IN A MARILYN

MONROE STYLE PERFORMANCE OF
"SOONER OR LATER."

♪

>> NOT ONLY WERE EYES ON MADONNA
FOR HER SULTRY PERFORMANCE, SHE

ATTENDED WITH MICHAEL JACKSON,
WHO WAS NO STRANGER TO THE

OSCARS.
GOING BACK TO HIS 1973 DEBUT ON

THE SHOW.

>> IT WILL BE SUNG BY A YOUNG
MAN WHOSE TALENT IS MATURE BUT

WHOSE AGE SUGGESTS MAYBE HE
SHOULDN'T BE UP THIS LATE.

>> 14, THE SECOND YOUNGEST
ARTIST TO EVER NOTCH A NUMBER

>> TRY LISTENING TO A MUSIC
WITHOUT MUSIC.

IT'S ANOTHER CHARACTER.

♪

>> BEST ORIGINAL SONG
PERFORMANCES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO

SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATED OSCARS
IN HISTORY, LIKE IN 1998, WHEN

CELINE DION BROUGHT DOWN THE
HOUSE WITH "TITANIC."

♪ OUR HEARTS WILL GO ON

>> JUST TEN YEARS AGO, TADELE HD

THE SPECTACULAR "SKY FALL."

♪

>> MOVIES CAPTURE OUR
IMAGINATION.

BUT MUSIC, YOU CAN REMEMBER
EACTLY WHAT YOU WERE DOING

SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU HEARD THAT
FIRST SONG.

YOUR FIRST KISS, YOUR FIRST
DATE, WHAT WAS PLAYING.

>> WITH THEIR STAR IS BORN
CHEMISTRY IS ON FULL DISPLAY,

LADY GAGA AND BRADLEY COOPER HAD
AUDIENCES SWOONING AND RELIVING

THE MOMENT IN 2019.

♪

>> AND AT THE 85th OSCARS,
JENNIFER HUDSON NEEDED JUST A

SINGLE LINE TO MELT THE STAGE
AND THE HEARTS OF MU VERSE.

PURE SUPERSTAR GREATNESS THAT
ONLY OSCAR PROVIDES.

♪

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> AND YES, AS WE HAVE BEEN
TELLING YOU, LADY GAGA WILL BE

PERFORMING LIVE ON TONIGHT'S
SHOW, TO GIVE US A LITTLE DAY OF

SHOW EXCITEMENT AND THRILLS WITH
A LAST-MINUTE DEVELOPMENT.

>> FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE
THOUGHT SHE WAS OUT AND RIHANNA

WAS IN. NOW THEY'RE BOTH IN.
JUST ONE MORE SURPRISE TO MIX IN.

CHRIS, THANK YOU.

>>> COMING UP, WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE RACE FOR BEST

SUPPORTING ACTRESS.
WILL ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD

VETERANS NOMINATED, ANGELA
BASSETT OR JAMIE LEE CURTIS,

WALK AWAY WITH THE OSCAR TONIGHT?
OUR EXPERTS WAY IN WHEN WE COME

>>> WELCOME BACK TO HOLLYWOOD.
WE ARE LIVE FROM OUR GREAT

POSITION ALONG THE ARRIVALS
CARPET AT THE DOLBY THEATRE.

THE SITE OF TONIGHT'S 95th
ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A BIT MORE
TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH ON THE

CHAMPAGNE CARPET HERE.
HOPEFULLY THE NOMINEES ON THEIR

WAY ARE NOT HITTING THAT VERY
NOTORIOUS L. A. TRAFFIC.

>> YOU DON'T WANT THAT.
THIS IS ONE HOLLYWOOD PARTY THAT

YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP
FASHIONABLY LATE FOR.

THAT MAY BE JUST ONE OF THE MANY
THINGS ON THE MINDS OF THE FIVE

NOMINATED TONIGHT FOR BEST
SUPPORTING ACTRESS.

HERE IS A REMINDER WHO IS VYING
FOR THE OSCAR IN THIS CAD GOIR.

-- CATEGORY.

♪

>> DO NOT THINK FOR A SECOND
THAT WAKANDA HAS LOST HER

ABILITY TO PROTECT OUR RESOURCES.

>> YOU SAY YOU'RE SORRY FOR ONE
MORE TIME, I WILL SINK THIS

KNIFE RIGHT INTO YOU, I SWEAR TO
GOD.

>> WAIT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DOMINIC.

>> I SEE A STORY.

I SEE A STACK OF RECEIPTS THAT I
CAN TRACK DOWN YOUR LIVES.

♪

>> I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND
THE MEANING OF THAT WORD.

>> I CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF FUN
WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN

WITH ONE OF THOSE NOMINEES.
STEPHANIE HSU FROM "EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE."
TAKE A LOOK.

>> JOY?
WHY DO YOU LOOK SO STUPID?

>> ARE YOU SUPER EXCITED?

>> I AM EXCITED.
I MEAN, ALL MY FRIENDS ARE IN

THERE.

>> IF THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU COULD
BUMP INTO ON THE RED CARPET, WHO

WOULD IT BE?

>> STEVEN SPIELBERG.
I DO FEEL LIKE EXTENDING MY

GRATITUDE FOR WHAT HE'S DONE FOR
THE FILM INDUSTRY.

>> WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU FOUND
OUT ABOUT THE NOMINATION?

>> I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE.
I WAS FLYING BACK TO AMERICA

FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
I'M FILMING A MOVIE THERE RIGHT

NOW.
MY PHONE JUST STARTED EXPLODING.

ONE OF MY FRIENDS, SHE WAS THE
FIRST ONE WHO JUST SAID LIKE,

HOLY BLEEP.

>> I FEEL LIKE THE MOVIE ITSELF
IS A WILD RIDE.

IT'S A DRAMA, COMEDY, BUT ALSO

AK ACTION PACKED.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?

>> I THINK THE DANIELS AND I ARE
CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH WHEN IT

COMES TO BIG HEARTED,
BIG-THOUGHT STORIES.

>> HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT?
YOU ARE PLAYING TWO TOTALLY

DISTINCT CHARACTERS.
JOY, THE DAUGHTER WHO IS

DEPRESSED AND STRUGGLING FOR
ACCEPTANCE.

AND THEN YOU'RE JOBU AT THE SAME
TIME, THE VILLAIN.

>> THEY ARE TWO EXTREMES OF THE
SAME CORE, AND THAT CORE IS

NIHILISM.

>> WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

>> NOTHING MATTERS.

>> I HAD TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT
UNDERNEATH ALL THAT WAS STILL

THAT SAME DAUGHTER THAT IS JUST
LONGING FOR HER MOTHER TO SEE

HER.

>> TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS AS FAR AS REPRESENTATION.

BECAUSE THE HEART OF IT, IT'S A
STORY ABOUT IMMIGRATION, BUT IT

GOES SO FAR BEYOND THAT.

>> IT'S SO WILD, SO BIG HEARTED

THAT IT TRANSCENDS IDENTITY
POLITICS.

IT BECOMES ABOUT A FAMILY AND
IT'S REACHED SO MANY PEOPLE OF

ALL DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS AND
IS A PIECE OF ART.

I FEEL EXCITED ABOUT THAT SPACE
THAT'S OPENED UP, WHERE WE GET

TO HAVE A MORE DIVERSE FAB TRICK
OF STORYTELLERS, BUT THE THINGS

WE MAKE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE

DIFFERENT.
IT CAN ACTUALLY JUST BE ABOUT

WHAT'S INSIDE OF US, WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE AND HOW WE

ARE TRYING TO PROCESS.

>> WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE ROLE,
DID YOU FEEL ANY OF THE

PARALLELS WITH YOUR OWN LIFE,
WITH YOU AND YOUR MOTHER?

>> ABSOLUTELY.
I DEFINITELY THINK OUR STORY,

OUR FILM DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF
DESCRIBING FIRST GENERATION,

SECOND GENERATION EXPERIENCE IN
AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY.

THERE WERE DEFINITELY A LOT OF
OVERLAPS.

>> FOR SOME REASON WHEN I'M WITH
YOU, I JUST -- IT JUST HURTS THE

BOTH OF US.

SO LET'S JUST GO OUR SEPARATE
WAYS, OKAY?

JUST LET ME GO!

>> WHAT'S REALLY COMPLEX ABOUT
HER IS THAT HER ROLE, SHE PLAYS

SO MANY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.
SO WILL THE MOW MENTUM OF

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE" HELP HER WIN AN OSCAR?

ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH, WHO WILL
WIN, WHO SHOULD WIN, WHO COULD

WIN?

>> WHO WILL WIN?
ANGELA BASSETT.

I THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO THE
THING AS EVERYBODY HAS BEEN

SAYING. NOW, WHO SHOULD WIN?
I'M GOING TO GO WITH ANGELA

BASSETT.
I THINK IT IS DUE TIME THAT SHE

HAS THAT STATUE.
NOW, WHO COULD WIN?

STEPHANIE HSU WAS INCREDIBLE,
BUT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE

ANYONE BESIDES ANGELA, IT WILL
BE JAMIE LEE CURTIS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOMENTUM
FOR HER.

>> CLAYTON, YOUR PICKS?

>> THE MOST WIDE OPEN RACE OF
THE NIGHT.

KERRY CONDON I BELIEVE IS GOING
TO WIN THIS ONE FOR "THE

BANSHEES OF INISHERIN."
IT'S THE ONE THAT PEOPLE LOVE.

INTERNATIONAL VOTE AGAIN.
STEPHANIE HSU, IT WOULD BE --

SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE.
BUT THE DARK HORSE, JAMIE LEE

CURTIS. SHE COULD PULL IT OFF.

>> NO ANGELA BASSETT FOR YOU?

>> NO.
LISTEN, IN A JUST WORLD.

BUT HER MOVIES FACE A LOT OF
BIASES.

>> PROVEN BY HER BEING THE FIRST
MARVEL ACTOR TO BE NOMINATED FOR

AN OSCAR.

>> YOU MADE THIS EVEN MORE
COMPETITIVE. THANKS TO YOU BOTH.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HEAR
FROM THE ACTOR WHO SAYS HIS

CAREER WAS DEAD FOR YEARS AFTER
HIS EARLY SUCCESS AS A CHILD

STAR.
BUT TONIGHT, HE'S A VERY HAPPY

OSCAR NOMINEE. STAY WITH US.

>>> OF COURSE, THE CARPET IS NOT
RED THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S ABOUT TO

GET RED HOT AS THE BIGGEST STARS
ARRIVE AT THE 95th ANNUAL

ACADEMY AWARDS.
WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE THE DOLBY

THEATRE FEELING THE EXCITEMENT
GROW.

>> THE CHAMPAGNE CARP ETD.
THEY'VE BEEN ALL OFFER, SO IT'S

PRISTINE ON THE CARPET TODAY.
WELCOME BACK TO OUR ABC COVERAGE.

WE ARE THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE
OSCARS, OF COURSE.

SO DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL ON
THIS OSCAR SUNDAY.

RIGHT NOW, WE TURN TO THE RACE

FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

FEATURING FOUR FIRST-TIME
NOMINEES AND ONE VETERAN WHO HAS

BEEN HERE BEFORE.

♪

>> I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOUR
FEELINGS, BUT I DON'T LIKE YOU.

IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY
OPTION LEFT OPEN TO ME.

>> YOU HAVE LOADS OF OPTIONS LET
OPEN TO YOU.

>> ART IS NO GAME.
ART IS AS DANGEROUS AS A LION'S

MOUTH.
IT WILL BITE YOUR HAND OFF.

>> YOU PROBABLY WOULD NEVER WANT
TO, I DON'T KNOW, FALL IN LOVE

WITH A BOY LIKE ME, WOULD YOU?

>> I JUST REMEMBER LOOKING IN
HER EYES.

IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, BYE.

SEE YOU LATER.

>> SO MANY GREAT PERFORMANCES
THIS YEAR.

AND ONE OF THOSE NOMINEES,
ALREADY HAVING A GREAT AWARDS

SEASON IS KE HUY QUAN, THE
TALENTED ACTOR WHO PLAYS THE

BELEAGUERED HUSBAND IN THE FILM
"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT

ONCE."
HERE HE IS WITH KELLY CARTER.

>> KE, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
OSCAR NOMINATION.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU.

I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M AN OSCAR

NOMINATED ACTOR!

>> YOU MAY BE IN GRAVE DANGER.
NO TIME TO EXPLAIN. HOLD THIS.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> PAY ATTENTION.

>> OH, MY GOD, EVER SINCE THE
MOVIE CAME OUT, THIS WHOLE

JOURNEY HAS BEEN SO EMOTIONAL.
I GOT EVERYTHING I WANT, LANDING

THIS ROLE, BEING IN A MOVIE WITH
MICHELLE YEOH.

THE AUDIENCE RESPONDING WITH SO
MUCH POSITIVITY AND KINDNESS

WITH MY RETURN, AND NOW THIS
IS -- WOW, I'M SO GRATEFUL.

>> WHAT DOES THIS MOMENT FEEL
LIKE FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY AT THIS

POINT IN YOUR CAREER?

>> YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I
WASN'T EXPECTING THIS.

WHEN I GOT THE ROLE OF RAYMOND,
I WAS SO EXCITED.

IT WAS VERY A DREAM COME TRUE.
I ALREADY FELT LIKE I WON THE

LOTTERY.
TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN, YOU

KNOW, STEPPING AWAY WAS PAINFUL
FOR ME.

SO TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK IN FRO
FRONT OF THE CAMERA AGAIN, I

DON'T WANT TO TAKE FOR GRANT IT
HOW THIS FEELS FOR ME.

>> TALK TO ME ABOUT STEPPING
AWAY.

MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT YOU STEPPED
AWAY, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE A LOT

OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ACTOR
THAT LOOKED LIKE YOURSELF.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

>> I WAS LUCKY WHEN I STARTED MY
CAREER.

STEVEN SPIELBERG GAVE ME NOT
ONE, BUT TWO AMAZING MOVIES.

"INDIANA JONES" AND "THE
GOONIES."

I THOUGD I HT I WOULD HAVE AN
AMAZING CAREER AFTER THAT.

BUT I HAD TWO THINGS GOING
AGAINST ME.

ONE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO
TRANSITION FROM A CHILD TO ADULT

ACTOR.
AND SECOND, BACK THEN, BEING AN

ASIAN ACTOR WAS VERY DIFFICULT,
BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NOT A LOT

OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.
WHEN EVERYONE IN THEIR LATE

TENS AND EARLY 20s AND THE
WHOLE FUTURE IS AHEAD OF THEM,

ALL I SAW FOR MYSELF WAS A DEAD
END.

THERE WAS NO ROLE FOR ME TO GO
ANY FURTHER.

THAT WAS A VERY CONFUSING TIME.
I WAS SO LOST.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY

DISSPIRITED.
STEPPING AWAY WAS MY ONLY CHOICE.

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU GOT
THE CALL FOR THIS ROLE?

WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU?
DID THAT FEEL LIKE A WELCOME

BACK?

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
DAYS OF MY LIFE.

IT WAS THE BEST PHONE CALL THAT
I'VE EVER GOTTEN IN THE LAST 30

YEARS.
I WAS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY

LUNGS, JUMPING UP AND DOWN.
MY WIFE WAS IN THE NEXT ROOM.

SHE CAME RUNNING IN, NOT KNOWING
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY
AGENT, AND MY "GOONIES" BROTHER,

JEFF COHEN.
THEY WERE TELLING ME THE GOOD

NEWS.
SHE CAME RUNNING IN, AND THE

MINUTE SHE SAW ME, I HAD -- I
HAD TEARS COMING DOWN BY EYES.

WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SPEAK ONE
WORD.

SHE CAME OVER AND GAVE ME THE
BIGGEST HUG.

SHE ALREADY KNEW THAT I GOT THE
ROLE. AND HERE I AM.

>> YES, HERE YOU ARE.
THE VICTORY HAS ALREADY

HAPPENED, BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE
WITH THIS NOMINATION.

IT'S AMAZING AND PEOPLE ARE
CELEBRATING YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.

BUT IF YOU WIN THE OSCAR FOR
THIS ROLE, WHAT WILL THAT SAY TO

YOU AND WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR
YOU?

>> OH, MY GOSH, I HAVEN'T GIVEN
THAT A THOUGHT YET, AND I DON'T

WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF.
BUT TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST,

GETTING THIS NOMINATION WAS SUCH
A HUGE WIN.

THINGS ARE SO DIFFERENT FOR ME
NOW THAN THEY WERE WHEN I WAS

MUCH, MUCH YOUNGER.
THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY.

WE GOT FOUR ASIAN ACTORS BEING
NOMINATED IN MAJOR ACTING CAT

GOIS -- CAT GOEGORCATEGORIES.

IT ENFORCES MY LEAF THAT CHANGE
CAN HAPPEN.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CHANGE.

>> IF JUST HEARING THAT HE GOT
THE ROLE WAS ONE OF THE BEST

DAYS OF HIS LIFE, IMAGINE WHAT
TONIGHT FEELS LIKE.

KELLY'S BACK WITH US WITH CHRIS
CONLEY.

TELL US, IS THIS DREAM FOR KE
HUY QUAN ABOUT TO GET EVEN

BETTER TONIGHT?

>> I MEAN, I HOPE SO.
WATCHING THAT SEGMENT AGAIN GOT

ME ALL EMOTIONAL ALL OVER AGAIN.
I WANT TO SEE HIM WALK AWAY WITH

THE WIN TONIGHT.

>> JUST A PHENOMENAL INTERVIEW
BY KELLEY BY THE WAY.

I FEEL LIKE I'M SNEEZING IN THE
PUNCH BOWL HERE.

YOU CAN LOVE HIS JOURNEY AND
PERFORMANCE, YOU CAN LOVE

EVERYTHING THAT HE'S BROUGHT TO
THIS OSCARS SEASON AND STILL

THINK THAT BARRY KEOGHAN FROM
"THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN" GAVE

THE BEST PERFORMANCE, AND WILL
WIN THE OSCAR FOR BEST

SUPPORTING ACTOR, WHICH IS WHAT
I BELIEVE.

HIS SCENE WITH KERRY CONDON IS
ONE OF THE BEST SCENES IN MOVIES

ALL YEAR, AND THIS ACADEMY WILL
SHOCK THE WORLD AND ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT TONIGHT.

>> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DO
THAT. FOR ME, IT'S KEOGHAN.

IF ANYONE ELSE COULD COME THIS
THERE AS A DARK HORSE, IT WOULD

BE BRIAN TYREE HENRY.

>> YHE DID CERAMICS ON "THE

BULLETTRAIN."

>> I JUST GOT TO SAY, KELLEY,
EVERY TIME KE OPENS HIS MOUTH,

IT'S SO INSPIRING WHEN HE TALKS
ABOUT HIS JOURNEY.

HOW DID YOU KEEP A DRY EYE WHEN
YOU WERE TALKING TO HIM?

>> IT WAS HARD.
HONESTLY, I PROBABLY, OVER THE

COURSE OF MY CAREER, HAVE ONLY
SHED A TEAR MAYBE TWO OR THREE

TIMES ON INTERVIEWING SOMEBODY.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES FOR

SURE.
IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT NOT

TO BE EMOTIONAL WITH HIM,
ESPECIALLY HEARING ABOUT HIS

JOURNEY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE
GETTING HERE AND HOW EXCITED HE

WAS TO BE THERE.
AND THEN SEEING HIM IN THE ROOM

WITH ALL THE OTHER FAMOUS
NOMINEES, TRYING TO GET A SELFIE

WITH HIM.
THAT WAS ALSO INCREDIBLE.

PEOPLE SEE HIM AS A SUPERSTAR
THIS SEASON.

>> GOING TO BE A BIG MOMENT,
GUYS.

>> I'M A FAN.
I KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A

SPEECH TONIGHT.

>> THANKS TO THE BOTH OF YOU.
WE ARE NOT DONE WITH OUR OSCARS

PREDICTIONS.
WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL FIND OUT

WHICH FILM IS FAVORED TO TAKE
HOME THE BIGGEST PRIZE OF THE

NIGHT. STICK AROUND.

♪

>>> BACK NOW ON THE RED CARPET
HERE AT THE DOLBY THEATRE IN

HOLLYWOOD, AS WE COUNT DOWN TO
TONIGHT'S OSCARS.

ALL THE EXCITEMENT IS BEING
BROAD CAST TO YOU LIVE RIGHT

HERE ON ABC, LEADING UP TO
TONIGHT'S BIG SHOW.

>> IT IS TIME FOR US TO TALK
ABOUT THE BIGGEST PRIZE OF THE

NIGHT.
IT'S ALL BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS.

BEST PICTURE, WE'RE BRINGING ALL
THE CONTRIBUTORS BACK TO ONE

PLACE.
LET'S REMIND EVERYONE OF THE TEN

NOMINATED FILMS.

>> WITH THE TIME WE HAVE LIST,
LET'S JUST CUT TO THE CHASE.

WHO IS GOING TO TAKE HOME BEST
PICTURE?

>> "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE," PERIOD.

THAT IS WHO IS WINNING.

>> "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN
FRONT" AND A BIG SURPRISE,

LOOKING FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT
ISN'T GOING TO VOTE FOR

"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE." I SEE THE FOLKS MY AGE WHO

COULDN'T HANDLE ALL THAT TIKTOK
STUFF IN "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE

ALL AT ONCE."

>> I'M WITH MY GIRL, KELLEY
CARTIER, "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE

ALL AT ONCE."

>> "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE," BUT ALSO "TOP GUN:

MAVERICK."

>> I'M GOING WITH THE GIRLS,
"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT

ONCE," ALL FOR THE WIN.

>> EXACTLY.

>> I LIKE "TOP GUN" AS A SLEEPER
PICK, BUT I'M GOING "EVERYTHING

EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE."

>> I THINK IT'S "EVERYTHING
EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" TOO.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR
CONTRIBUTORS, AS ALWAYS, FOR

JOINING US.
WE'LL SEE WHO IS RIGHT TONIGHT.

>> OF COURSE, OUR COVERAGE
CONTINUES HERE ON ABC TELEVISION

IN JUST 30 MINUTES.
WE'RE BACK LIVE FOR TWO MORE

HOURS ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE LIVE

INTERVIEWS WITH SEVERAL NOMINEES.
DON'T MISS THAT.

WHEN THAT ENDS AT 6:30 P. M.,
SWITCH BACK OVER TO ABC

TELEVISION FOR THE PRESHOW,
WHICH LEADS RIGHT INTO TONIGHT'S

TELECAST OF THE 95th ANNUAL
ACADEMY AWARDS.

>> FOR NOW, WE WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL AT HOME FOR JOINING US.

ON BEHALF OF WHIT JOHNSON AND
OUR CREW HERE AT ABC NEWS, I

FILE LIKE WE SHOULD DO A LITTLE
TOAST.

>> FROM THE CHAMPAGNE CARPET.

>> GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAVE A WONDERFUL OSCARS SUNDAY.

♪

♪